116 3rd St SE
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
News Nov. 27, 2011 3:30 pm5062d ago
Following a two-day trip to St. Louis this month for a meeting about proposed power transmission across the eastern half …
News Nov. 26, 2011 5:00 am5063d ago
Letter after letter, week after week, Sarahett Wilkerson pleaded with her husband. “I wish you could come home,” she wrote …
Business News Nov. 25, 2011 2:48 pm5064d ago
The hoards of zealous bargain hunters who lined up outside big box stores in Cedar Rapids this Black Friday coheres …
News Nov. 25, 2011 2:38 pm5064d ago
The hoards of zealous bargain hunters who lined up outside big box stores in Cedar Rapids this Black Friday coheres …
News Nov. 24, 2011 2:00 pm5065d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The most severe drought Texas has experienced in a single year is presenting opportunities for farmers in …
News Nov. 15, 2011 5:00 am5074d ago
IOWA CITY – Living with a rare medical condition that causes her hands, face and even windpipe to swell has …
Nov. 12, 2011 4:30 am5077d ago
One moment, Ryan DeMott was your average 11-year-old boy sitting around a campfire in rural Iowa during a Saturday night …
News Nov. 7, 2011 9:00 pm5081d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS -Since every Iowa pharmacy last year began using a coordinated electronic system to track – and block – …
News Nov. 3, 2011 8:20 pm5085d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 12-member jury has found Brian Dykstra not guilty of killing his 21-month-old son in 2005. If …
News Nov. 3, 2011 8:15 am5086d ago
Jurors have resumed deliberations this morning in the second-degree murder trial of a former Iowa City man accused of causing …
News Nov. 2, 2011 6:30 pm5086d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Jurors charged with determining the guilt or innocence of a former Iowa City man accused of killing …
News Nov. 2, 2011 10:30 am5087d ago
When Lisa Dykstra left her 21-month-old son Isaac at home with her husband, Brian Dykstra, the morning of Aug. 13, …
News Nov. 1, 2011 4:00 pm5088d ago
UPDATE: Witness testimony has wrapped up in the second-degree murder trial of Brian Dykstra, accused in the 2005 death of …
News Oct. 31, 2011 2:50 pm5089d ago
UPDATE: The former wife of Brian Dykstra, who is being tried on a second-degree murder child in connection with his …
News Oct. 30, 2011 7:15 am5090d ago
Johnson County attorneys prosecuting Brian Dykstra in the 2005 death of his 21-month-old son rested their case Friday afternoon, and …