Three months into its post-collegiate life, the future of the vacated Iowa Wesleyan University campus is starting to take shape thanks to Mount Pleasant Community School District’s $1.25 million offer to buy portions of the 60-acre property.
Russ Benedict, a biology professor at Central College, is tracking some of the most dramatic bat population declines in the country. His surveys this summer show some Iowa bat numbers have fallen by 85 to 95 percent in the last 12 years.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two U.S. Navy sailors were charged Thursday with providing sensitive military information to China — including details on wartime exercises, naval operations and critical technical material.
From seed theft to missile defense, Iowa’s Hinson and Ernst discuss threat from China
A jury convicted an Iowa City woman who helped her son escape prosecution for robbing and attempting to kill a woman in 2022. Lima faces up to 5 years in prison.
Iowa Department of Education officials left vague their plans to give school administrators more guidance on a state law that bans books with sexual content from school libraries during a state Board of Education meeting Thursday. The board’s president said school officials are looking to the department for guidance in implementing the law.
Trump appeared before a magistrate judge in Washington’s federal courthouse two days after being indicted on four felony counts by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office discovered an improvised explosive device in the roadway of the 1000 block of Secrist Road in Springville Thursday morning.
Linda Barnes will be filling in for Jeff Collier, the orchestra’s CEO of eight years, who resigned effective Aug. 31.
A 2-mile stretch of the river near May City went dry last year, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources determined that the Osceola County Rural Water System was partly at fault.
Iowa awards $580K to improve 6 public lakes
A Cedar Rapids man who shot out multiple windows of a house and then fired shots at two police officers when they responded was convicted this week and faces up to 18 years. The prosecution is asking the court to find he is a habitual offender, which means he could face 15 years on each of the three felony convictions.
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