A prosecutor rejected defense claims Thursday that the 2018 killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts could be connected to sex trafficking and other abductions that happened in the rural area where she disappeared while out for a run.
One of the Anamosa inmates charged with killing a correctional officer and nurse in March will claim self-defense in the slayings. A bench trial for Michael Dutcher remains set for Aug. 3.
At least 12 tornadoes cut paths across Iowa as severe storms Wednesday evening left flattened crops, broken trees and battered buildings in their wake, the National Weather Service reported Thursday.
Overnight Wednesday, the University of Iowa updated its Office of the President website to reflect its new leadership — presenting Barbara Wilson as its 22nd president. On Thursday, she officially took the helm, promising to usher in a “new era of excellence” for the Hawkeyes.
Doctors in Iowa and across the United States are reporting a surge in respiratory virus infections in the spring and summer months — an uncommon time of year for these common viruses to be circulating.
Cedar Rapids is considering acquiring a vacant building to turn it into a Community Resource Center with a shelter component, but residents fear the facility would destabilize the neighborhood and the city would not provide proper supportive services.
Instances of seclusion and restraint went from 1,400 during the 2018-2019 school year to 69 in 2020-2021, progress leaders attribute to a “culture shift.”
Gazette photojournalist Liz Martin finds more than baseball to photograph during a game at Center Point-Urbana: a family of barn swallows.
Tornadoes ripped up grain bins, smashed at least one house and downed power lines as severe storms swept Wednesday evening across northern Iowa, according to reports to the National Weather Service.
The Muscatine County sheriff said the names of the two victims, the number of the plane, the departure location and destination are all being withheld until after an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Instead of a sound foreign policy decision, the Iowa Republican branded Biden’s decision as a “clear, callous political message calculated for a front page or primetime talking point on the 20 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.”
In the first weekly update from the state, test positive rates rose
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