Bucky O’Connor twice guided Iowa’s ‘Fabulous Five’ men’s basketball team to the Final Four in the 1950s.
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Bucky O’Connor twice guided Iowa’s ‘Fabulous Five’ men’s basketball team to the Final Four in the 1950s.
With the higher education landscape still challenging small private colleges and universities regionally and nationally, Iowa lawmakers this session proposed a measure to make sure the state has more involvement, interaction, and information about any future closures like Wesleyan’s.
Iowa Senate Republicans voted Monday to approve their version of AEA changes, which more closely mirrors a proposal from Gov. Kim Reynolds. Now, lawmakers in the Senate and House must agree on which legislation to send to the governor.
Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for driving drunk and striking two pedestrians, killing one of them, last November.
Iowa Senate lawmakers advanced, for the second time, a bill that would protect chemical manufacturers from lawsuits over failure to warn consumers about potential adverse health effects. The bill is supported by Bayer, the manufacturer of Roundup.
Turkey plant also temporarily suspends 401(k) employer contributions
The first-ever assessment of Linn County’s housing needs beyond the Cedar Rapids metro shows smaller, more rural communities within the county need 661 more housing units by 2040 and more home rehabilitation initiatives to keep up with population growth.
The state of Iowa will provide “contemporaneous” access to newly filed civil court cases to settle a lawsuit that accused the state of violating the First Amendment by delaying access to those filings, the Des Moines Register reported Monday.
The Iowa City Police Department is investigating a stabbing that happened over the weekend and has asked for the public’s help to identify a possible witness.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and that kills more than 40,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.
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Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell said she was pausing final consideration of the ordinance “in light of new information.”
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