Month: August 2017

University of Iowa president Bruce Harreld got some feedback from lawmakers and others Monday after presenting a proposal that raise tuition on undergraduate resident students by 7.08 percent each of the next 5 years. State Senator Joe Bolkcom, a Democrat from Iowa City, says the increase is too much and will put a burden on […]Powered by WPeMatico

The Iowa basketball team completed a trip to Europe with a 4-0 record after an 88-49 win over the Vicenza Al-Stars in Italy. The Hawkeyes won despite making only four of 21 from three point range. “For the 40 minutes of this game everybody was locked in defensively”, said Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. “We did […]Powered by WPeMatico

All of the milk collected from dairy cows being shown at the 11-day Iowa State Fair will be dumped. In years past, the milk was sold to a Des Moines area coop for production into cheese. This year, however, the longstanding buyer backed out and no one else stepped up. Dairy farmer Doug Lyons of […]Powered by WPeMatico

A northeast Iowa woman is recovering from a life-threatening scare last night. The woman survived after her car went into the Mississippi River in Lansing on Monday. The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office says they received a report of a car in the water around 5:30 p.m. The sheriff’s office says 51-year-old Michelle Timmons from McGregor […]Powered by WPeMatico

Dry weather continues to impact Iowa’s corn and soybean crop. The U.S.D.A. weekly crop released Monday afternoon shows corn condition declined so 3 percent of the crop is now in very poor condition compared to 2 percent last week. Nine percent is rated in poor condition, compared to 8 percent rated that way last week. […]Powered by WPeMatico

The Iowa ACLU says the recent actions by the City of Windsor Heights in the ongoing dispute over new sidewalks are unconstitutional. Two couples were ordered to remove signs from their properties that were critical of the city government’s handling of the sidewalk situation. ACLU legal director Rita Bettis says Windsor Heights has violated the […]Powered by WPeMatico

A central Iowa man will drive to Nebraska next week to see what will be his 18th total solar eclipse. Retired school teacher Derryl Barr, of Indianola, first witnessed a partial eclipse in the late 1970s and since then, has traveled the world to see as many more total eclipses as possible. “It’s something different […]Powered by WPeMatico

This year’s Iowa State Fair queen is a 19-year-old from Dubuque County who’ll be starting her sophomore year at Iowa State University later this month. Jackie Ehrlich was among the 104 county fair queens who competed in this year’s event. “It was a lot of fun,” Ehrlich says. “I met so many great people and […]Powered by WPeMatico