Iowa City parent who was armed and went to Grant Wood Elementary to confront principal about sending home his child from school, pleaded to carrying weapons and harassment charges. He faces up to 9 years in prison.
More than two years after launching a 24/7 crisis and support line for University of Iowa students, the campus in January expanded that phone, text, and online chat service to faculty, staff, and postdocs – as part of an ongoing UI effort to “prioritize the mental health and well-being of employees.”
As part of the University of Iowa’s takeover of Mercy Iowa City – which became official Wednesday and continued UI Health Care’s accelerating expansion statewide – it’s assuming more than 1,000 of Mercy’s contracts, costing $3.4 million to “cure” amounts the former community hospital owed under those agreements.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations this week released the names of eight additional student-athletes and former student-athletes charged last year as part of a sports betting investigation.
Republican Rep. David Young of Van Meter, an assistant Republican leader in the House, expressed skepticism about the bill’s future in the chamber,
Although the skywalk spanning Market Street connecting portions of the historic Mercy Hospital campus on Wednesday morning still boasted that 150-year-old name and its teal and white colors, a sign along the street below announced Mercy’s new owner and new name: University of Iowa Health Care "Downtown Campus.“
Eight metro area Catholic schools uniting under one PK-12 school system as of July 1
Independently-run public schools give families choice, charter school advocates say. Cedar Rapids’ three new charter schools could enroll more than 1,500 students when they’re up and running.
Registration open for One Course Summer Institute 2-1/2 week program
While Reynolds’ original bill would have restricted AEAs to providing only special education services, under the proposed amendment the state’s nine area education agencies would be allowed to continue offering education services as well as media services to school districts who request it, if approved by the state.
About 150 people crowded into the North Liberty Public Library Sunday afternoon to attend a town hall about proposed changes to Iowa’s area education agencies. The event, hosted by Democratic State Sens. Janice Weiner, D-Iowa City, and Zach Wahls, D-Coralville.
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