A former University of Iowa wrestler is sentenced to prison for hacking the school’s computer system. Twenty-three-year-old Trevor Graves pleaded guilty to unauthorized access and damaging the U-I network in 2015. Graves admitted to using what’s called a key logger to get passwords from professors so he could log onto the system and delete or […]Powered by WPeMatico
The former City Clerk in Kimballton is facing multiple charges after being arrested by the Audubon County Sheriff’s Department. Forty-nine-year-old Tammy Thompson of Exira is accused of taking money from the city while she worked there. Thompson’s arrest follows a special investigation by the State Auditor Mary Mosiman’s office that started when a software provide […]Powered by WPeMatico
A big donation is helping Des Moines Area Community college expand its Automotive Technology program. DMACC Rob Denson says the current auto facility on the Ankeny campus was built in 1980 and is outdated. A gift presented to the school Wednesday will help double the size of DMACC’s Auto Tech Center. Carl Moyer, owner of […]Powered by WPeMatico
An independent filmmaker from southeast Iowa is nominated for an Emmy Award for her nine-minute documentary and she’s up against some of the top names in the business. Cameron Mullenneau, a Fairfield native who now lives in California, wrote, produced and directed “Angelique,” a film about a straight-A high school student who was homeless. “The […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says the quick turn to a discussion of illegal immigration in the death of Mollie Tibbetts is not politicizing the issue. The Republican from Red Oak says Tibbetts was missing for more than a month before a man who is in the country illegally was accused of killing her — and […]Powered by WPeMatico
College basketball may no longer be using a Ratings Percentage Index to help determine which teams make the NCAA Tournament but the R-P-I is coming to high school football and for the first time since district football was installed all nine games will count toward the playoffs. Todd Tharp of the Iowa High School Athletic […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa City is again debating hiring sharpshooters to cull its growing deer population and residents are divided on the issue. Deer can be seen in parks, yards, even in the middle of city streets, damaging gardens and causing car crashes. In past years, the city has rejected calls to approve bow hunting of deer, opting […]Powered by WPeMatico
Matt Sacia is not concerned about high expectations heading into the new season. Wartburg’s senior quarterback is coming off a season in which he passed for more than 3200 yards and 35 touchdowns in leading the Knights to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Division III playoffs. They are favored to win the newly named […]Powered by WPeMatico
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is asking officials in the Department of Homeland Security to explain how the man accused of murdering Mollie Tibbetts got from Mexico to Iowa and was able to live here illegally for up to seven years. “We must prevent murders like this from occurring again,” Grassley said Wednesday during a conference call with […]Powered by WPeMatico
