Organizers of a union for students working at Grinnell College have dropped their appeal before federal regulators, fearing the panel would overturn collective bargaining rights for students across the country. Kelly Page, in her second year at Grinnell, says students play a crucial role in campus life. “We have real jobs,” Page says. “We get […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Drake University men’s basketball team captured a 79-66 win over SIUE Monday, Dec. 17, evening as part of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic. Four Bulldogs scored in double figures as Drake moved to 7-2 on the season. Nick Norton (Bloomington, Ill.) lead the pack with 15, while Nick McGlynn (Stoughton, Wis.) added 13. […]Powered by WPeMatico
Senior guard Bridget Carleton nabbed her second Big 12 Player of the Week honor of the season, the league announced Monday. Today’s honor marks the 12th Big 12 weekly honor for the Chatham, Ontario, Canada native, which ranks first in school history and sixth in Big 12 history, passing Oklahoma State great Andrea Riley with […]Powered by WPeMatico
University of Iowa senior Megan Gustafson has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. It is her fifth honor of the season and the 15th of her career. Gustafson netted a game-high 28 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Hawkeyes to an 83-57 victory over […]Powered by WPeMatico
Managers representing Governor Kim Reynolds are negotiating new contracts with four unions that represent state employees. The Republican governor’s administration has just offered the union representing about 2400 social workers and scientists in state government a one percent raise in each of the next two years. Reynolds isn’t sending any public signals about the negotiations. […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is reviewing water testing done for nitrates in 43 public water supplies after discovering some results which didn’t look right. DNR environmental specialist Kathy Lee says the problem happened with samples tested by Mangold Environmental Testing in Storm Lake. “We noticed some irregular sample results and we investigated with […]Powered by WPeMatico
Fire destroyed a building in downtown Grinnell this morning. Grinnell Fire Chief Dan Sicard says crews were called at 6 a.m. on the report of flames coming from the roof of the building, which housed a Mexican restaurant. “The fire was in the roof and crawl space area,” Sicard said. “We kept it from expanding […]Powered by WPeMatico
The pioneering work done in the 1960s by employees of what was then Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids is the subject of a documentary premiering this week. “Moon Talk” tells the story of the technology developed at Collins that enabled astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 Moon mission to speak with Mission Control. Retired systems engineer […]Powered by WPeMatico
The jury reached a verdict today Clearing a Burlington man accused in the death of his wife who was found near a burning car in April. Fifty-eight-year-year-old Bradley Wischmeier has been found not guilty on the charge of homicide by vehicle by a Des Moines County jury. The jury returned the verdict at 10:25 this […]Powered by WPeMatico
