Each of Iowa’s public universities are increasing their funding requests to the state for the first time in years as the institutions work to keep rising costs off students’ backs. The University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa have each requested ...
IOWA CITY — Candidates vying for Iowa state and federal government positions joined football fans in Iowa City Saturday to engage with supporters before the football game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones. U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks held her annual Triple-M Tailgate ...
“Iowa Forgets Not the Defenders of the Union” was the founding creed of the Iowa Veterans Home of Marshalltown in 1887. On Friday, IVH staff endeavored to remind attendees and residents to “Never Forget” the devastating terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 during a program held Friday ...
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO King Patrick McCready, left, and Queen Ceanna White, right, were crowned the 2026 BCLUW Homecoming Royalty during a homecoming ceremony at the high school gym on Thursday night. The Comets took on Lake Mills in their homecoming football game on Friday.
A clean energy group is calling on the Iowa Utilities Commission and policymakers to ensure utility companies don’t use data center energy demands to build new facilities and pass the costs on to ratepayers. Iowa Business for Clean Energy, in a news release Thursday, said Alliant Energy ...
A former School Resource Officer (SRO) with the West Marshall School District is facing a simple misdemeanor charge of failure to report child abuse over allegations that ultimately resulted in the school board terminating their SRO contract with the State Center Police Department earlier this year. A criminal complaint was filed against Joel Dennis Westendorf, 58, of Maxwell, on Sept. 3, and Westendorf, who is no longer employed with the SCPD, made a court appearance and pleaded not guilty the following day. A pretrial conference is scheduled for Oct. 7 at 9:30 a.m. According to the ...
