An Iowa City man has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges that he brought a gun onto school grounds and threatened staff members at Grant Wood Elementary School in November, according to the Johnson County Attorney’s Office.
Officials with the Texas Animal Health Commission confirmed the flu virus is the Type A H5N1 strain, known for decades to cause outbreaks in birds and to occasionally infect people.
A container ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing the span to buckle into the river below and plunging a construction crew and several vehicles into the dangerously cold waters.
How to safely view the solar eclipse locally
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Baseball fans raised $7,000 during the Depression to install lights
Having already admitted students for the next academic year, UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital about a month ago surprised current and incoming students by announcing plans to close its 73-year-old Medical Laboratory Scientist program.
Before COVID curbed enrollment in 2020 — hitting the University of Northern Iowa especially hard with a nearly 10 percent drop in total students and 20 percent drop in its graduate and professional count — the last time UNI reported a grad school cohort under 1,300 was 1993.
Also headed to the governor: Legislation that would add digitally altered images to Iowa’s harassment laws
A Coralville man who was arrested in April 2022 on charges that he sexually abused a 4-year-old child was found not guilty by a jury Monday.
Directors named in areas of faith, curriculum, early childhood, enrollment and finances of the new Catholic School System
A jury deliberated about one hour Monday before finding Keyun McGowan, 18, of Marion, guilty of first-degree murder and other charges. McGowan fatally shot Cristian Upah, 17, in May 2023 when he tried to rob Upah and his girlfriend of money and marijuana vape cartridges.
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