Gazette Daily News Podcast, April 19

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This is John McGlothlen with the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Monday, April 19th.

We'll have a 50% chance of rain today. It will be cloudy, with a high near 43. Winds from the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight, we'll have a chance of rain before 11 p.m. and 1 p.m., then a chance of snow after 1 a.m., with the low around 31. The chance of precipitation is 50%, and new snow accumulation of less than a half-inch is possible.

The third of four finalists to become the University of Iowa’s 22nd president is Georgia State University’s Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Wendy Hensel — who worked as a private attorney and judicial clerk before launching her career in academia. All three finalists announced so far have been women — beginning with Hari Osofsky, dean of Penn State Law and the Penn State School of International Affairs; followed by University of Illinois System Executive Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs Barbara Wilson. Hensel, like the others, will visit Iowa City for two days and meet with a wide range of campus leaders and constituents — from UI Health Care to athletics to outgoing UI President Bruce Harreld and his cabinet. She also will meet with student, faculty, and staff leaders. Her public forum is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Monday.

A year and a half before her term expires, Johnson County Supervisor Janelle Rettig announced in an email Sunday she has resigned from the five-member board so she can focus on her health. Rettig was appointed to the board in 2009 and has won reelection since, most recently in 2018. Her current term is set to expire at the end of 2022. Rettig wrote in the message. “As you may know, for a long time I have had headaches and aches originally caused by Lyme disease. It's time to try to focus on reducing stress and pain.” Rettig, who has lived in Johnson County since 1989, is a former schoolteacher who worked on the staffs of elected officials and owned a retail store in Iowa City. She has championed a number of causes including addressing poverty — including food insecurity and housing needs — and human rights. She was awarded the Stonewall Human Rights Award in 1997 and the Rick Graf Human Rights Award in 2007.

After finishing 12th in the regular season, the Hawkeyes' women's soccer team were No. 1 when it mattered most, and heads to next week's NCAA tourney. The Hawkeyes won 1-0 over Wisconsin Sunday in the Big Ten tournament’s championship game in University Park, Pa. Wisconsin outshot Iowa 10-4 in Sunday’s first half, but the game was scoreless at halftime. Jenny Cape scored on a rocket of a shot off her left foot in the 64th minute, and the Hawkeyes made the 1-0 lead stand up.

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