Waterloo’s Grout Museum District is preparing to demolish its former science center this summer, after closing the so-called Bluedorn Imaginarium last October. The move stems from funding uncertainty. District director Margaret Moye says a law passed by the Iowa legislature in 2023 is ending the museum’s tax levy. “That levy became 44% of the budget, […]
Muscatine residents feel ‘helpless’ after multiple downtown buildings evacuated
June 25, 2026
Dozens of residents remain without a place to live and several businesses are closed in Muscatine after the eastern Iowa city
