Christmas is over and the new year has started. Eastern Iowans looking to get rid of their real Christmas tree have several options, depending on where they live.
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Christmas is over and the new year has started. Eastern Iowans looking to get rid of their real Christmas tree have several options, depending on where they live.
Raptor Advocacy Rehabilitation & Education coordinator explains why they work with the birds, why eagles get lead poisoning and what to do if you find an injured bird.
Many people — in Scandinavia, especially — live by a saying that sounds like a slogan dreamt up by an ad agency representing North Face sportswear: “There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.”
Photojournalist Savannah Blake, of The Gazette, find a unique image on assignment
The former ACT campus in Iowa City is set to undergo a transformation that will remove an existing building, add commercial development and create new senior housing. Future phases of the development plan may include more housing, the first pediatric palliative care center in Iowa and other spaces.
An annual housing report shows there were approximately approximately 7,092 roommate households in Linn County in 2025 — up from just over 6,700 in 2010 and closer to 5,300 in 2000. Those figures account for unmarried couples without children and households with platonic roommate pairs or groups.
This year, Iowa lawmakers will return to the drawing board on providing property tax relief to Iowans, which is expected to be a main focal point of the 2026 legislative session after last year’s efforts to address the issue failed to take off.
Getsy Hernandez has only been working as a community organizer for Iowa City nonprofit Escucha Mi Voz for about four months, but she said it feels like she’s been doing it her entire life.
The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in an extraordinary military operation early Saturday that plucked a sitting leader from office.
Johnson County’s Trip Connect pilot program, meant to provide transportation when other forms of public transit are not available, has seen a steady increase in ridership over its first full calendar year of service.
Data on sex abuse cases that were lingering in the system shows significant improvement with some of the oldest cases being resolved or nearly resolved since changes were made to the way they’re tracked. There has been a 55 percent increase in cases being resolved over last year.
A southeast Iowa hospital where a long-term care resident died after being put to bed while struggling to breathe is now facing a potential $10,000 fine.
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