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IOWA CITY — A Cedar Rapids man allegedly seeking retribution for a home invasion faces numerous charges after police recovered a firearm and drugs.

Former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial will continue on Feb. 10. He is accused of “incitement of insurrection” after the deadly Capitol riot. The first day of the Senate trial opened with House managers playing a graphic video of the Jan. 6 takeover interspersed with the former president’s words.

Two Wellman residents are trying to inject life into a downtown by teaching an old building some new tricks. Austin and Kelsey Bayliss bought the building, 255 and 257 28th Ave. in Wellman, in January for $35,000, and have begun cleaning out the space. The building currently is split into two separate areas, with a second floor housing four apartments.

Aunt Jemima products will be gone from grocery shelves in June, and in their place will be bottles of syrup and boxes of pancake mix labeled Pearl Milling Company. The change comes one year after the company that makes them announced it was reckoning with the longtime image’s racist roots and rebranding.

IOWA CITY — Under a revised plan to use only private giving — and not athletics department revenue — Iowa State University this month is seeking Board of Regents approval to forge ahead with construction of a $10 million quarter-mile-long elevated walkway into Jack Trice Stadium.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors awarded $80,000 in grants from the Witwer Trust Fund on Tuesday.The 21 recipients were selected through the annual, competitive grant process, according to a news release.The recipients for grant as well as the project and amounts are:

With fallen power lines and cell network interruptions, communication was one of the biggest challenges after the Aug. 10 derecho.

Tree debris and jagged limbs still line the streets of Linn County communities six months after the derecho’s hurricane-force winds destroyed the canopy that had taken generations to grow.But there’s good news, Cedar Rapids: “ReLeaf” is on the way.

With her hot water pipes frozen, a puddle staining her ceiling and water leaking onto her 16-month-old son’s toys, Laurie Vozenilek has been living in a six-month nightmare.“It’s overwhelming,” said Vozenilek, who is 34 and lives in Cedar County’s Lowden with her boyfriend and children.

Alliant Energy’s partnerships led to more than 20 Iowa projects in 2020, the company announced Wednesday morning, which is creating $580 million in capital investments and 1,540 jobs.