Middle school students in Perry, Iowa, returned to classes Thursday for the first time since a 17-year-old opened fire in a cafeteria, killing two people and injuring six others.
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Middle school students in Perry, Iowa, returned to classes Thursday for the first time since a 17-year-old opened fire in a cafeteria, killing two people and injuring six others.
The bill, which said it won’t apply in private schools, would require students and teachers to sing “at least one verse” of the anthem each day. Students and teachers would be allowed to opt out of singing the anthem, but they would be required to stand if able and remain silent while the anthem is sung.
A former Iowa State University police officer fired for engaging in a high-speed pursuit against department policy, during which she hit two uninovlved vehicles -- including one that then ran into an apartment building -- has been ordered to pay back the unemployment benefits she collected after being placed on administrative leave.
Tickets available for the event celebrating International Women’s Day on March 7
A week before Mercy Iowa City’s 150-year history comes to an end – with the bankrupt hospital transitioning to University of Iowa ownership Jan. 31 – the Board of Regents will meet Wednesday to consider new bylaws for the former Mercy campus, renamed UI Health Care Medical Center Downtown.
Beth Goetz plans on “staying as long as President Wilson will have me,” she said Tuesday at her introductory news conference as Iowa’s permanent athletics director.
Families can explore what magnet school is right for them and their child at a Meet the Magnets event Jan. 30
The Physical Plant and Equipment Levy ‘crucial part’ of maintaining school facilities, purchasing vehicles and technology
Stories on why the railing is there, the ‘bucket of blood gym,’ the art collection
Iowa State University is immediately launching a search for a new provost after its record-setting Senior Vice President Jonathan Wickert announced plans to step down this summer following a dozen years in the role.
Ryan Wise, former director of the Iowa Department of Education said he appreciates the “spirit” of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal but says “very rapid changes could negatively impact schools and kids.”
The University of Iowa spent $125,000 on the search firm it consulted to find a permanent athletics director — the search that concluded Thursday with the retention of previously-interim AD Beth Goetz — according to university documents.
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