Iowa students are beginning their second school year under a new Iowa law that defines chronic absenteeism as missing 10 percent of days in a grading period. During the first year of the law, the majority of charges for truancy were dismissed in Linn and Johnson counties as families made an effort to improve their child’s school attendance.
Fred Newell was a young, single father when he arrived at the University of Iowa in 2006. He took his son to every class, and would have dropped out if not for the support he received from a professor. As executive director of the nonprofit Dream City, he’s helping provide that support -- and so much more -- for others.
The tour runs through Sept. 30 and features 45 bookstores across the state.
Eight years, three states, and two jobs after NASA’s 2017 launch of its Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer, or NICER, telescope toward the International Space Station, a UI graduate research assistant has won a NASA award to design and prototype a more compact, lightweight version of the NICER.
Friday evening — just days after she entered the race for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat — Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson received the endorsement of President Donald Trump.
Against the background of a dismal federal jobs report, two Iowa business group leaders on Friday said the state’s employers remain optimistic about the economy here, although they also warned against the impact of ongoing uncertainty in federal trade policy.
State and tribal law enforcement officers will be able to cross jurisdictional boundaries while pursuing fleeing suspects under a new legal agreement between the Iowa Attorney General’s Office and the Meskwaki Nation.
Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson launched her bid for the U.S. Senate on Friday with a hometown rally in West Des Moines, kicking off a 99-county tour she says will mirror the storied grassroots tradition of Iowa GOP U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley while Republicans — including President Donald Trump — swiftly rally behind her campaign.
Also, Iowa judge fines Pennsylvania insurer $481,500 for misleading seniors.
A Linn County jury deliberated over two hours before convicting an 18-year-old of sexually abusing three children over the course of two years. The three girls, who are sisters, testified he threatened to kill them and another of their siblings if they disclosed the abuse.
Jeremy Sprague was sworn into office Thursday, becoming Marion’s new police chief
A Marion man was arrested Friday on charges that he sexually abused a 12-year-old child in the parking lot of Westfield Elementary School in Robins in July.
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