Eastern Iowa

When colleges close, they don’t disappear. Closures leave students in flux and facilities unattended. And in the case of Iowa Wesleyan University, a collection that needs a home. The University of Iowa has taken on the role of safeguarding the now-shuttered university's archival records.

One hundred and fifty years ago, the network of tunnels under Iowa City's streets were used to ferment and transport beer. Archeologists are using ground penetrating radar to see just how deep the tunnels go.

Johnson County Supervisor Royceann Porter has an axe to grind. But to learn why you have to go back days, weeks, even a year to see how bad blood bubbled into the present.

USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack said unprecedented federal money will promote the planting and maintenance of new trees. His tour to get out the word about the spending began in a town still recovering from the loss of many of its trees.

Davenport city staff provided testimony, video and even voicemails painting a picture of the mistreatment staff suffered at the hands of Davenport Alderman Derek Cornette. City Council was receptive and removed him from office. But it's an open question whether the council can do that.

An investigation of the Davenport building collapse reveals failures on the part of the building's owner, as well as his engineering firm and masonry contractors. The collapse, according to the report, could have been prevented.

Ten percent of Iowa’s Methodist congregations are leaving the church. The denomination is wrestling over the future of LGBTQ members and whether they can be clergy.

In 1944, Tova Friedman and her family were taken to the extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. She shares the story in her book The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope — and through TikTok, with the help of her grandson. Friedman visited Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon in her first trip to Iowa.

What began as a marketing effort for an Iowa opera house has grown to a collection of over 2,500 nativity sets.

Black students at Grinnell College are asking for greater security and support in the community after targeted attacks and racist vandalism.