Squirrel causes transformer fire, leaving hundreds without power in eastern Iowa

A little critter caused hundreds of power outages in eastern Iowa on New Year's Day. According to Alliant Energy's outage map ...
Iowa Public Radio

An eastern Iowa initiative is fighting the area’s brain drain. Here's what it's up against

Jon Leydens, the shop foreman at Cassill Motors in Cedar Rapids, shows high schoolers the undercarriage of a car on the shop floor. In recent decades, Iowa has seen growing numbers of young and ...
The Gazette

USGS will fly ‘low-level’ planes over Eastern Iowa to look for critical minerals

A view of downtown Cedar Rapids from a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in Cedar Rapids in June 2014. (The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may ...
ABC Kcrg 9

Eastern Iowa native to revitalize Iowa River Power Restaurant

CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - The Historic Iowa River Power Restaurant in Coralville is being revived, with a twist. The building has sat empty and gutted for almost two years. Now Eastern Iowa native and ...