Thunderstorms — some of which could bring hail and strong winds — are projected to sweep across Eastern Iowa from Friday through the weekend, and meteorologists are warning total rainfall in some areas could top 2 inches.
In response to 10 directives the Board of Regents handed down in the fall to curtail diversity, equity, and inclusion spending and programming across its public universities, presidents of all three campuses on Thursday shared significant changes underway – including the permanent closure of Iowa State University’s Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office.
The investigation stems from a complaint filed with the Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board alleging the sheriff violated the law by using patrol cars in a Bettendorf Halloween parade. Lane has denied it was a campaign event.
The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the murder conviction of Reginald Little, who was involved in the April 20, 2020, robbery and fatal shooting of Kejuan Winters, 21, of Iowa City. Little is serving life in prison without parole.
An Iowa City man was arrested early Thursday morning after police say he stabbed a person multiple times Wednesday night.
With questions about tenure, its value, and its threats still top of mind for some Republican lawmakers, the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty on Iowa’s regent campuses is continuing a generational slide to its lowest in recent history.
"I'm glad we know where he is," said Sarah Schultz, his wife, who said her husband's body is at the state medical examiner's office and was being autopsied Thursday. "There's still a lot of questions. You know, things just don't make sense.“
The National Archery in the School Program has 1.3 million student-athletes, including 1,865 in Iowa
The Community Foundation of Johnson County is working with the cities of Iowa City and North Liberty to create a diversity, equity and inclusion training that will be available to nonprofit organizations in Johnson County.
An unidentified individual reported to the Sac County Sheriff's Office that he found a body in his farm field shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
Iowa’s Board of Regents is not ready to include in its automatic-admission scoring system a relatively new “Classic Learning Test” gaining traction nationally and especially in conservative-leaning states as an alternative to the traditional ACT and SAT tests.
A growing percent of students across Iowa’s public universities feel comfortable expressing their opinions on and off campus, in and out of class, and even on social media — according to a second free speech survey Iowa’s Board of Regents administered earlier this year, just over two years after ordering its first following a string of campus incidents that drew intense criticism from Republican lawmakers.
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