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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Vanessa Miller
I’ve covered lots of beats over my decades as a reporter, and one reason I really enjoy higher education is because it touches on them all. One day I’m writing about science and interviewing University of Iowa NASA researchers, the next I’m writing about health care, or agriculture, or a new Iowa State-supported business, or athletic budgets, or criminal justice, or the Legislature and potential bills affecting Iowa’s university and college campuses. I also love that I get to investigate and dig deep on some stories, report hard news, and then also share incredible and sometimes harrowing tales of survival or discovery. When I’m not working, I’m playing with my kids or following them around to wrestling tournaments. Get the news delivered right to your inbox.
Latest Articles by Vanessa Miller
K-12 Education Oct. 8, 2013 1:24 pm4456d ago
University of Iowa and Iowa State University researchers have gotten a shout-out in the citation for the 2013 Nobel Prize …
News Oct. 5, 2013 7:00 am4459d ago
When the Hawkeyes take the field this morning for the annual homecoming football game, thousands of University of Iowa alumni …
K-12 Education Oct. 4, 2013 3:02 pm4460d ago
Eight months after being chosen by the Iowa Board of Regents to head the University of Northern Iowa, William N. …
News Oct. 4, 2013 7:00 am4460d ago
Ten years ago, on Jan. 4, 2003, Blythe Stanfel gave birth to her first son, Joshua. He was perfect and …
News Oct. 3, 2013 4:06 pm4461d ago
With showers and thunderstorms forecast to roll in during Friday evening’s homecoming festivities in downtown Iowa City, event planners have …
Higher Ed Oct. 2, 2013 1:55 pm4462d ago
In response to recommendations made in August by a transparency task force for the Iowa Board of Regents, first-of-their-kind public …
News Sep. 30, 2013 3:57 pm4464d ago
More than a year after Iowa City police said 51-year-old Miranda Lalla hit and killed her friend with a Dodge …
News Sep. 27, 2013 11:41 am4467d ago
Although the University of Iowa’s homecoming parade, concert and football game are still a week away, homecoming festivities begin this …
Sep. 26, 2013 6:30 pm4468d ago
Family members and friends of a “fun” and “beautiful” 32-year-old Tama woman found dead Wednesday in a home near where …
News Sep. 25, 2013 6:32 pm4469d ago
This week’s terrorist attack on a shopping mall in Kenya could have a positive influence on relations between the United …
News Sep. 25, 2013 5:30 pm4469d ago
Eastern Iowa’s Kirkwood Community College saw the biggest tuition increase in the state this year, although it’s still one of …
News Jan. 13, 2023 2:50 pm1072d ago
The trial for an Iowa City teenage mother accused along with her boyfriend in the 2012 death of her 20-month-old …
Local Government Jul. 2, 2013 1:20 pm4554d ago
Since Johnson County Attorney Janet Lyness was elected to head the office in 2007, her former position of first assistant …
Jul. 2, 2013 11:32 am4554d ago
A four-year-old Iowa City childcare center and preschool is abruptly closing its doors next week, one year after the state …
News Jul. 2, 2013 6:30 am4554d ago
Following a lifetime of migraines, nausea, diarrhea and abdominal bloating without a diagnosis or cure, Theresa Brandon at age 55 …


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