22+ hour, 9+ min ago   (355+ words) thegazette.com Kurt Ullrich Just beyond a white fence in my front yard is a very tall lilac bush, one that I really should have removed years ago However it continues to produce flowers, in the spring, and again last…...

21+ hour, 44+ min ago   (207+ words) thegazette.com After representing rural Iowans in the Statehouse and years serving on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, I've learned that common ground is rare, and precious when we find it The American Service Project’s new statewide…...

22+ hour, 45+ min ago   (617+ words) Recently hatched monarch butterflies stretch their wings on Sept. 3 before departing on their 2,000-mile journey to the mountains of Mexico. My recent rearing of more than 80 monarch butterflies has again impressed upon me that its precarious life cycle seems more…...

1+ day, 36+ min ago   (145+ words) Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor. GreatAmerica has announced the following new team members:…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1757+ words) An image of Anne Frank with excerpts from her diary as part of "Anne Frank The Exhibition" at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The exhibit details the story of Frank and her family and includes a…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (716+ words) Paramedic Michael Mothershed speaks with his patient, Steven Johnson, about how he has been feeling in November 2025 at his apartment in Iowa City. Johnson was one of Mothershed’s first clients in the Johnson County Mobile Integrated Health program. IOWA CITY…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (777+ words) IOWA CITY — A former Solon High School choir instructor, charged last month with sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of three teenage students, has been allowed to post bond and is now out of jail. Joel Mark Foreman, 43, of Mount Vernon…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (99+ words) thegazette.com Kerri Johannsen, senior director of policy and programs for the Iowa Environmental Council, speaks about the group's water quality and cancer prevention advocacy campaign during a news conference at Raccoon River Park in West Des Moines on Thursday,…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (76+ words) thegazette.com Minnesota's early teal season begins this weekend, with the regular duck opener following Sept. 26. You're on the list! ℹ️ You may want to whitelist emails from Start Your Morning Informed Hawkeye Marching Band member dies after game-day heat…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (401+ words) New University of Iowa freshmen participate in the campus’ 2026 On Iowa kickoff event inside Kinnick Stadium on Aug. 21. IOWA CITY — Iowa State University and the University of Iowa this fall are reporting smaller student bodies and freshman classes than last…...