Linn County voters in the Linn-Mar Community School District elected two incumbents and one newcomer to fill three open seats on the school board Tuesday.
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Linn County voters in the Linn-Mar Community School District elected two incumbents and one newcomer to fill three open seats on the school board Tuesday.
Voters in the Iowa City Community School District elected two incumbents and one newcomer to fill three seats on the Iowa City school board Tuesday.
Two months after delaying the timeline of its new $2 billion inpatient tower, citing federal health care-related funding cuts, University of Iowa Health Care next week will ask the Board of Regents to approve $45.5 million in facilities upgrades across its three inpatient hospital campuses.
The first of two finalists to succeed Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen is Benjamin Houlton, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, where he holds rank as an ecology and evolutionary biology professor and co-chairs a “Climate Initiative” aimed at “mobilizing practical climate change solutions.”
Polls across Iowa will be open until 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, North Liberty elected officials get first pay raise in nearly 20 years.
As the University of Iowa winds down operations at the 485-acre Macbride Nature Recreation Area — having decided to terminate its 66-year lease of the property and with it the discovery, innovation, and exploration of the land that’s captivated elementary students to UI professors for decades — officials are notifying programs using the facility about next steps, including when they need to be out.
About 140 children and their families in Iowa will no longer have childcare beginning Monday as Community Action of Eastern Iowa is forced to halt its Head Start program because the ongoing federal government shutdown has delayed funding.
A second of four finalists for the Iowa State University president post has dropped out of contention, days after another candidate earlier this week declined to continue with the process.
A surge in student hunger — brought on by the suspension of a federal food assistance program beginning Saturday — will manifest as crisis in classrooms, decreased academic performance and increased behavioral challenges, Iowa school leaders say.
In line with legislation requiring Iowa’s public universities to start offering shorter paths to a degree — launching students into the workforce more quickly — the University of Northern Iowa this month debuted a new elementary education “degree in 3.”
The College Community elementary school is 1 of 4 to earn the recognition in the former federal program now operated by the state.
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