Drew Blahnik’s sentencing is set for Dec. 17. He faces up to 57 years in prison.
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Drew Blahnik’s sentencing is set for Dec. 17. He faces up to 57 years in prison.
The latest variant of COVID-19, omicron, has been detected in an Iowa resident for the first time, state public health officials confirmed Thursday. The Black Hawk County resident is under 18 and is asymptomatic.
The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine.
Former chairman allegedly spent more than $10,000 on several streaming services at his residence, grocery and alcohol purchases, and making ATM cash withdrawals.
Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises has rejected a takeover offer from the Alden Global Capital hedge fund that is one of the largest newspaper owners in the country with a reputation for intense cost cuts and layoffs.
As their hospitals experience a concerning increase in COVID-19 admissions, the top medical officers at Mercy Medical Center and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital say more people with boosted immunity could help slow the surge.
Fifteen months after a University of Iowa student reported she was sexually assaulted by two fraternity brothers, who then shared video and pictures of the attack, Iowa City police have arrested one of the accused men, Carson Douglas Steffen, on a harassment charge.
Willard Chaiden Miller, one of the 16-year-olds charged with killing Fairfield High Spanish teacher Nohema Graber, wants his case moved to juvenile court. Prosecution argues because he is 16 and charged with murder, it’s excluded from juvenile jurisdiction.
The number of dementia and Alzheimer’s cases has increased in recent years and the COVID-19 pandemic has indirectly caused further decline in those with cognitive conditions.
As part of derecho-related repairs to the campus’ iconic King Memorial Chapel, scheduled for later this academic year, crews this week are removing all 3,771 pipes from the chapel’s M.P. Moller organ.
Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst voted Wednesday to pass a Senate resolution that would invalidate President Joe Biden’s vaccine or test mandates for private employers.
The U.S. Department of Justice issued a strong condemnation Wednesday of the way Iowa treats people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, telling the state it must find ways to care for the disabled people in community settings and not in institutions.
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