Shirley Ruedy, longtime Gazette features reporter and author of the award-winning Cancer Update column, died Friday (Jan. 30, 2026) at her home in Cedar Rapids. A three-time cancer survivor, she had ...

Here are a selection of notices published earlier this week. Death Notices. Norreen Atwell (Oliver) Passed away peacefully on ...

John Coughlin Marion John Coughlin, a man of remarkable ambition and entrepreneurial spirit, passed away peacefully on January 27, 2026, ...

Every week, the Gazette publishes death notices and funeral announcements from the families of loved ones who have passed ...

Virginia Oliver, one of the world's oldest lobster fishers, has died at 105. Born in Rockland, Maine, she began trapping ...

James R Cook, 88, Evansvile, died December 22 at Evansville Manor, Evansville. Private services will be held at a later date. The Ward-Hurtley Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare — Sly & Robbie, also known as “The Riddim Twins” — played on reggae classics by Black Uhuru, Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh and would garner attention far from ...

Conductor Andrew Carter was 'a man of exceptional musical gifts who treated his singers as valued members of his family', says our letter writer.

The first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against Meta is getting underway in New Mexico.

The partial government shutdown is a lot different from the record-long shutdown in the fall. That's mostly because the shutdown that began Saturday may not last long.

Douglas Lee Wacker, age 67, of Culbertson, Nebraska, passed away in Reno, Nevada, on January 17, 2026. He was born on November 24, 1958, in McCook, NE. Doug is survived by his partner, Kathryn Denise ...

A 65-year-old man died after a two-vehicle collision on ice and snow-packed roads late Saturday in Whitley County, the ...