Iowa junior tight end Noah Fant has been named to the first team on The Associated Press preseason All-America team. The announcement was made Tuesday by The Associated Press. Fant led all FBS tight ends in 2017 with an average of 16.5 yards per catch. He led Iowa and all FBS tight ends with 11 […]Powered by WPeMatico
From spying on the Pentagon to trying to change the course of elections, cyber-criminals are seen as a growing and significant threat. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says members of Congress are doing their best to remain vigilant on multiple fronts. “Every day there are reports, yesterday it was about Russians, but who knows?” Grassley says. […]Powered by WPeMatico
Attendance for the 2018 Iowa State Fair has just barely broken last year’s record. The Iowa State Fair’s 11-day run ended Sunday. State Fair officials say attendance had been lagging just slightly behind 2017 numbers through Friday, but a strong weekend boosted the 2018 Fair’s total attendance past the record set in 2017 — by […]Powered by WPeMatico
Parts of western Iowa got drenched by a storm system that started dumping rain on Sunday. National Weather Service meteorologist Cathy Zapotocnysays the heaviest rain fell Monday morning and some areas of western Iowa were still getting rain last night. “Because it was over a prolonged period, that’s why some of the damage was not as […]Powered by WPeMatico
CBS and Fox News news are reporting that missing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has been found. The 20-year-old Tibbetts went missing on July 18 in her hometown of Brooklyn. There is no report of where or how the body was found. Investigators plan to hold a news conference today at the Poweshiek County […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Waterloo woman is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with a deadly house fire in the city earlier this year. Forty-one-year-old Denise O’Brien is accused of starting an April 22nd fire at 536 Dawson Street that killed 32-year-old Ashley Smith and her 9-year-old son, Jaykwon Sallis. Three others escaped the burning […]Powered by WPeMatico
Classes started Monday at most of Iowa’s colleges and universities and it’s unlikely any student had a more adventurous summer than Iowa State University sophomore Chanel Vidal. The geology major from Iowa City spent one week on a research vessel on the Atlantic Ocean traveling Barbados, six weeks studying in India, and another few […]Powered by WPeMatico
The latest U.S.D.A. report on Iowa crops indicates the rain that’s fallen recently in parts of Iowa may help boost corn and soybean yields. About two-thirds of the state has adequate moisture levels in the topsoil and subsoil to support the final stages of crop development, but the report indicates 11% of the state is […]Powered by WPeMatico
An elementary school in Sioux City that’s focused on digital literacy has been selected as the “blueprint” for launching similar programs in other schools. Next year, six elementary schools in high-poverty areas will be given grants so students in the earliest grades will gain computer science expertise. Sioux City superintendent Paul Gausman says his district started […]Powered by WPeMatico
