A $1.2 billion deal the University of Iowa cemented in March 2020 for the private operation of its utilities system over the next 50 years amounts to the “largest financial obligation ever held by Iowa taxpayers,” State Auditor Rob Sand found in his four-year review of the blockbuster agreement.
The county supervisors included $1 million for Kirkwood tuition assistance in the latest round of ARPA allocations this fall
The State of Iowa on Monday agreed to pay $2 million to settle a “wrongful death” claim with the family of an Iowa State University student who died last year in a Crew Club accident after the group “failed to follow critical health and safety procedures.”
Willard “Sandy” Boyd – who served as the University of Iowa’s 15th president from 1969 to 1981, gaining repute for his wisdom that subsequent presidents have often quoted – died Tuesday in Iowa City at the age of 95.
School board expected to approve bringing $312 million general obligation bond in a referendum to voters
The new policy is intended to address a sharp increase in suspensions in the district. Students who are involved in second or third physical altercations will have to learn online for 30 to 60 days.
It wasn’t just Iranian wrestlers and protesters exemplifying the World Cup's global significance. It was the gold medal Ukraine’s women took home to a nation still under Russian siege. And it was the visit a Japanese university president paid Monday to University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson.
Over $500 and more than 500 food items donated to local nonprofits in Cedar Rapids
Truman Early Learning Center opened its doors to 4-year-olds in September for its first school year
Just days after University of Iowa Athletics posted online its first court-ordered Title IX monitor report — required as part of a settlement with female student-athletes who sued UI for violating the federal civil rights law — their attorney wrote the monitor to raise concerns with his assessment.
One public health official said she’s never seen so many schools reporting so many absences this early in the year. She and others are urging the public to take steps to protect themselves and others: get vaccinated and stay home when you’re ill.
Historical 1800s-era schoolhouse that once sat on Stoney Point Road to be given new life by former student
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