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
Nov. 12, 2011 4:30 am5153d 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 pm5157d 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 pm5161d 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 am5162d 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 pm5163d 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 am5163d 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 pm5164d 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 pm5165d 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 am5166d ago
Johnson County attorneys prosecuting Brian Dykstra in the 2005 death of his 21-month-old son rested their case Friday afternoon, and …
News Oct. 27, 2011 3:40 pm5169d ago
IOWA CITY – The state medical examiner on Thursday told the 14 jurors hearing the second-degree murder trial of Brian …
News Oct. 25, 2011 1:50 pm5171d ago
right:IOWA CITY – With his 21-month-old son lying unresponsive in a hospital bed and clinging to life with the help …
News Oct. 24, 2011 8:10 pm5171d ago
IOWA CITY – When Brian and Lisa Dykstra brought their adopted baby home to Iowa City from Russia in 2005, …
News Oct. 24, 2011 3:00 pm5172d ago
UPDATE: Attorneys arguing the case of a 35-year-old father accused in the 2005 death of his 21-month-old Johnson County son …
Sep. 27, 2011 7:40 am5199d ago
Iowa prides itself on having one of the lowest HIV infection rates in the nation, but that positive statistic has …
News Sep. 23, 2011 4:06 pm5203d ago
IOWA CITY – On the afternoon of Oct. 8, 2009, Andrew Shepard was putting his groceries away and listening to …

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