30+ min ago  (1071+ words) Graduates move their tassels to signify their graduation during the Dec. 14, 2024, University of Iowa College of Education commencement ceremony at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City. IOWA CITY " With nearly 90 colleges and universities nationally offering or working to offer shortened, three-year…...

6+ hour, 14+ min ago  (186+ words) Good morning, and happy Thursday. We've got a lot going on as we head into a holiday weekend. I'm writing this newsletter fresh off the heels of seeing a Weird Al Yankovic show in Cedar Rapids " have to love a…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago  (372+ words) As I submit this, the cost of "war" with Iran " an unjustified war of choice by President Donald Trump, not approved by Congress " is $137 billion, with an additional $80 billion just requested to manage a funding shortfall. Now he's proposing a…...

22+ hour, 15+ min ago  (137+ words) thegazette. com President of Medical Staff at Cherokee Mental Health Institute and psychiatrist Dr. Ronald Berges testifies during Matthew Schleier's first periodic evaluation at the Linn County Court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Schleier was found by a…...

15+ hour, 35+ min ago  (415+ words) Johnson County Supervisors Rod Sullivan (left) and V Fixmer-Oraiz talk during a supervisors meeting Aug. 20, 2025, in Iowa City. The two Democratic incumbents faced each other in the Tuesday primary after the county moved to election by districts, as newly required…...

18+ hour, 21+ min ago  (385+ words) A Decorah man pleaded guilty Tuesday to lacing a pan of lasagna with opioids in a scheme to cause a woman to have a miscarriage last December. Matthew Louis Uthoff, 35, pleaded to conspiring with intent to deliver a controlled substance,…...

17+ hour, 43+ min ago  (1071+ words) Cedar Rapids Kennedy's Danny Doyle (57) is greeted at home plate by Brady Dill (30) after Doyle hit a two-run home run during the fourth inning against Ankeny on Saturday, May 23, 2026, at the 2026 Herkelman Baseball Invitational at Kennedy High School in Cedar…...

20+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1301+ words) Josh Turek, who's running for the open U. S. Senate seat in Iowa, shakes hands with a supporter as he launches his "Team Iowa Tour" on Wednesday at the IBEW 405 Hall in Cedar Rapids. The Council Bluffs Democrat said his campaign's "go…...

20+ hour, 28+ min ago  (103+ words) thegazette. com United States' Joe Scally (23) reacts during the World Cup Group D soccer match against Turkey on Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. Scally is the teams top "bean head" but the entire roster enjoys a cup of coffee. You…...

22+ hour, 15+ min ago  (156+ words) thegazette. com Defense attorney Leon Spies hugs Matthew Schleier after his first periodic evaluation at the Linn County Court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Schleier was found by a judge not guilty by reason of insanity in the…...