Mercy Iowa City has arranged tours of its health care facilities next week for potential bidders interested in competing for its assets against the University of Iowa – which last month made an initial “stalking horse” bid of $20 million to buy the 150-year-old community hospital. Also, Mercy pensioners have obtained an attorney to ensure continued payment.
The same day in July that Mercy Iowa City’s largest bondholder petitioned a Johnson County judge to appoint a receiver to take control of its operations – a move hospital officials said compelled them to file for bankruptcy days later – a pair of recently terminated Mercy executives also filed suit against their former employer, accusing the hospital of ghosting them and shorting them hundreds of thousands.
A dead man who was found on the University of Iowa campus last week has been identified as Gabriel Moliter, 44, of Iowa City, according to a news release from the university.
Under revisions to proposed procedures for the historic sale of Mercy Iowa City, the 150-year-old community hospital might not remain a health care facility, might not go for $20 million, won’t give the University of Iowa the “bid protections” it once offered, and won’t complete the sale this month.
At least four candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination, including former President Donald Trump, will join tens of thousands of college football fans Saturday in Ames, where Iowa State hosts Iowa in a sold out showdown at Jack Trice Stadium.
The first year for the University of Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art has been “a whirlwind,” Director Lauren Lessing said, drawing far more visitors than expected.
All three of Iowa’s public universities have larger student bodies this fall than last -- as of their official 10th-day census -- including the University of Northern Iowa, which has been watching its enrollment trend down for more than a decade.
Although Mercy Iowa City has agreed to an initial $20 million offer to sell substantially all its assets to the University of Iowa, hospital officials Wednesday told creditors, retirees and others that they didn’t perform any appraisals or assessments of their property before making the deal.
The five current and former Iowa and Iowa State athletes have pleaded guilty to underage betting, which carries only a fine and no jail time.
University of Iowa police are investigating a body found on campus Wednesday morning, although “the death is not believed to be suspicious.”
A current Iowa State wrestler and former football player have been charged with Class D felony identity theft; both men have pleaded not guilty.
More than a year away from a trial of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, its University of Iowa chapter, and two former brothers -- accused of sexually assaulting a fellow UI student, recording the attack, and disseminating the video -- a judge has agreed to move the case outside Johnson County, citing a “violent protest” and “inflammatory” online comments after allegations went public two years ago.
A deal with a consultant shows it could be paid a “success fee” of $250,000 if it arranges a sale to continue Mercy’s health care mission.
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