Tuesday Morning Read: ‘An absolute original,’ Jones Golf Course to open, Iowa paper wins Pulitzer

'AN ABSOLUTE ORIGINAL' — The University of Iowa and Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School communities are among those mourning the loss of Sean Wu, an 'absolute original' teenager who was found unresponsive late Saturday in a UI residence hall. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/university-of-iowa-student-an-absolute-original-dies/

JONES GOLF COURSE TO OPEN — Jones Golf Course is not going to close after all — at least not yet, members of Cedar Rapids City Council said this week. At least five members of the nine-member City Council oppose closing Jones this year, Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett and other council members said. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/government-politics/council-members-jones-golf-course-in-cedar-rapids-to-open-this-year/

IOWA PAPER WINS PULITZER — When Art Cullen learned Monday he won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, he was shocked. What came out next was quite a bit of yelling and some 'barnyard epithets,' he said. Cullen is editor of the Storm Lake Times, a twice-weekly newspaper in northwest Iowa with a circulation of about 3,000. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/people-places/storm-lake-times-wins-pulitzer-for-editorials/

FOOTBALL ATTENDANCE UP — The NCAA released FBS college football attendance data on Monday. Coming off a 12-2 2015 with an attractive home schedule in 2016, the Hawkeyes' numbers are up. Iowa finished 2016 with an average home attendance of 69,656. That put the Hawkeyes No. 20 in the nation, behind No. 19 Michigan State (74,667) and just ahead of Arkansas (69,581). Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/sports/hawkeyes-football-attendance-climbed-in-2016/

QUOTABLE — 'I wish more of our elected representatives were getting out there and hearing what their constituents had to say because there is a lot of angst out there, a lot of fear and a lot of confusion.' Sen. Joni Ernst, after a town hall meeting in Elkader