Gary Lee “Smiley” Bloore, one of the most recognized faces across Iowa City and beyond — known for the kindness he freely offered everyone he met — died this week.
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Gary Lee “Smiley” Bloore, one of the most recognized faces across Iowa City and beyond — known for the kindness he freely offered everyone he met — died this week.
The remains of Staff Sgts. Edgar Torres-Tovar and William Howard were flown to Des Moines on Wednesday, then taken to the soldiers’ hometowns
The Iowa Supreme Court, in a split decision, has ordered a new trial for a West Des Moines doctor, convicted of sexually abusing a child under the age of 10, over the use of one-way video testimony.
Live footage from one or more public safety cameras in downtown Cedar Rapids was temporarily accessible to anyone with internet access, according to the security vendor that operates similar technology nationwide.
An Iowa Department of Natural Resources official said warm winter weather degraded ice quality, making ice fishing unsafe
Polk County judge ruled in favor of Summit’s motion to pause the case that landowners, counties and the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter filed in 2024.
The Gazette won’t publish a Green Gazette edition on Dec. 25, however an edition will be published on New Year’s Day.
According to the police report, the warden said nurses reported Bayati appeared to be intoxicated and had just completed a root canal on a patient.
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It’s not often that “thinking inside the box,” is lauded as a winning strategy. But for spoken word poet Henry Morray, it won Slamovision’s 2025 international slam poetry competition.
Animal-welfare group says Steve Kruse, of West Point, still is selling dogs and has ramped up the illegal practice of puppy laundering.
Arnold Menezes had a 50-year career at the University of Iowa, where he innovated novel neurosurgical procedures, established spinal neurosurgery programs around the world, and put thousands of patients’ fears at rest with his charming bedside manner.
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