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 Jan. 17, 2012 10:00 pm5086d ago
FORT MADISON – A convicted rapist once considered a prime suspect in the 1979 unsolved stabbing death of Cedar Rapids …
News Jan. 17, 2012 12:50 pm5087d ago
A University of Iowa student charged with attempted murder will be tried outside Johnson County after a judge on Tuesday …
Government & Politics Jan. 13, 2012 10:12 am5091d ago
In the past two weeks, the Cedar Rapids Assessor’s Office has received two reports of individuals purporting to be assessor …
News Jan. 13, 2012 6:25 am5091d ago
The number of underage people arrested in Iowa City for illegally being in a bar dropped 69 percent last year …
News Jan. 12, 2012 7:00 am5092d ago
“Tweet” in 2011 earned a second definition in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as a “post made on the Twitter online message …
Business News Jan. 11, 2012 3:13 pm5093d ago
Cedar Rapids recently has found itself atop a handful of national rankings for things like affordable homes, high-paying jobs and …
News Jan. 10, 2012 6:25 pm5094d ago
There’s a void behind register No. 1 in the New Pioneer Food Co-op’s downtown Iowa City store. After spending the …
Campaigns & Elections Jan. 4, 2012 4:49 pm5100d ago
Anxiously following one of the tightest races in Iowa caucus history early Wednesday, Carolyn Tallett said she couldn’t bring herself …
News Jan. 2, 2012 7:00 pm5102d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – In 1979, Kathleen Barnes married the man of her dreams. Harold Barnes was a Big Brother, passionate …
News Jan. 2, 2012 2:40 pm5102d ago
Tucked in Iowa’s northeast corner, down a steep and wooded valley fed by cold-water springs, Sny Magill Creek flows through …
News Jan. 1, 2012 6:15 am5103d ago
After driving 40-plus miles for more than an hour, Michelle Ellison sat down in the celebrated Lincoln Cafe in Mount …
Government & Politics Dec. 28, 2011 3:15 pm5107d ago
Around dusk every night, an eerie blanket of crows descends on downtown Iowa City, creating a “creepy” sound and feeling, …
News Dec. 26, 2011 12:45 pm5109d ago
All five members of the current Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment are men. Four of the city’s five Board of …
News Dec. 22, 2011 5:00 am5113d ago
Armed with an undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa and a passion for the dramatic, Kendall Lloyd entered graduate …
News Dec. 19, 2011 9:15 pm5115d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A summary of violent and property crimes reported to the FBI through the first half of the …


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