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2 months ago | 
thegazette.com | Sara Konrad Baranowski
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Eligible Linn County residents who want to be appointed to the Board of Supervisors have until March 23 to submit applications.
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2 months ago | 
thegazette.com | Sara Konrad Baranowski
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a collision early Sunday morning involving an Iowa City Fire Department fire engine that left a 99-year-old woman dead.
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2 months ago | 
thegazette.com | Sara Konrad Baranowski
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A committee of three Linn County elected officials decided Friday it will pursue an appointment — rather than a special election — to fill the seat that will be open when Supervisor Ben Rogers resigns and leaves a year-and-a-half vacancy. Linn County Supervisor Ben Rogers prepares for a meeting in his office Feb.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
thegazette.com | Sara Konrad Baranowski
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
thegazette.com | Sara Konrad Baranowski
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. State Rep. Dave Jacoby, a Democrat from Coralville with more than two decades of experience in the Iowa Legislature, hasn’t faced an opponent since 2010. This year, he’s being challenged by Stephen Knoner, a Republican and first-time candidate for House District 86. The district, which is predominantly Democrat, covers Coralville and portions of Iowa City.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
thegazette.com | Sara Konrad Baranowski
Republican Kris Gulick and Democrat Art Staed are running for Iowa Senate District 40. The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A seven-term state representative and a former Cedar Rapids City Council member are running against each other for an open seat in Iowa Senate District 40, which represents Robins, Hiawatha and parts of northwest, northeast and southwest Cedar Rapids. Kris Gulick and Rep.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
thegazette.com | Olivia Cohen |Sara Konrad Baranowski
An Alliant Energy's worker puts traffic cones back onto his truck during power upgrade work in the 1100 block of Hawkeye Drive in Hiawatha in this 2014 file photo. The Iowa Utilities Commission this week approved a rate increase for Alliant electric and gas customers in Iowa. (The Gazette) The rates Alliant Energy’s Iowa customers pay for electricity and gas will increase under an order issued this week by the Iowa Utilities Commission.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
thegazette.com | Sara Konrad Baranowski
Ophelia Anne Barton (Iowa Amber Alert) An AMBER Alert was issued Tuesday evening and Iowa City police are asking the public for help finding a 15-year-old girl. According to the alert, which went out shortly after 7 p.m., police are looking for 15-year-old Ophelia Anne Barton, who is described as a white female, five feet tall, weighing 80 pounds. She has brown hair and hazel eyes.
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May 25, 2024 | 
thegazette.com | Sara Konrad Baranowski
A 13-year-old was killed and an 11-year-old was injured in a UTV crash in rural Poweshiek County Friday evening. The crash happened at about 5:20 p.m. Friday when the 11-year-old driver of a Polaris Ranger Crew utility vehicle lost control while negotiating a curve, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol. The vehicle was traveling south on 230th Street, turning onto 450th Avenue southeast of the town of Guernsey. The vehicle rolled onto the driver’s side into the north ditch.
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Nov 5, 2023 | 
thegazette.com | Sara Konrad Baranowski |Marissa Payne
Iowa students walk past a “Vote Here” sign outside of Catlett Hall on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City in 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Tuesday is Election Day in cities and school districts across Iowa. Voters will choose representatives on their city councils and school boards, and they’ll weigh in on ballot issues that could raise property taxes to pay for new schools and community facilities.
