The woman who joined Briar Cliff University in Sioux City as the school’s new chief of staff 15 months ago is now the institution’s 11th president. Rachelle Karstens was named Briar Cliff president today, and says she will work with faculty, students and the community to develop a plan to continue to grow enrollment and […]Powered by WPeMatico
A top state official says investigators will not be publicly confirming facts about the case or discussing leads as the search for a missing University of Iowa student continues. “We are not giving up on any possible leads and hope that we can find Mollie Tibbetts soon,” Kevin Winker. the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s […]Powered by WPeMatico
The deadline is tonight to submit entries for the fifth annual Iowa Job Honor Awards. Kyle Horn is the founder and director of the parent organization, America’s Job Honor Awards. “The purpose is, we celebrate individuals who have overcome significant barriers to employment,” Horn says, “and in so doing, we’re working to promote the entry […]Powered by WPeMatico
The University of Iowa released news today on the status of two football players. Head coach Kirk Ferentz announced that fifth-year senior Brandon Snyder will leave the team to look for more playing time with another team. Snyder is a free safety who walked-on from West Lyon High School. He played off and on as he […]Powered by WPeMatico
A long stretch of cooler than normal weather for this time of year will soon be coming to an end across Iowa. National Weather Service Meteorologist Brad Small says the warm-up coming this weekend will be preceded by a chance of damaging storms over portions of northern Iowa. “That would be during the peak heating […]Powered by WPeMatico
Police in Des Moines and Davenport are searching for the drivers in two hit-and-run cases involving bicyclists. Des Moines police have identified the make of car and possible driver who struck and killed a man who was riding a bicycle early Saturday morning. The bicyclist, 56-year-old Darrel Ford, died at the hospital. Police are looking […]Powered by WPeMatico
A man turned himself in yesterday and has been charged in connection with a sexual assault in a Des Moines convenience store. The Quik Trip clerk reported she was attacked at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday. She fought back and injured her attacker’s face. Surveilance video from the store showing the suspect was released to the public […]Powered by WPeMatico
The death of an elderly nursing home resident from alleged abuse and neglect in northern Iowa is prompting U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley to investigate the case, which he calls “heartbreaking.” Eighty-seven-year-old Virginia Olthoff died in February at the Timely Mission Nursing Home in Buffalo Center. Grassley says, “We want more information into what happened and […]Powered by WPeMatico
If you’re on Medicare you should be seeing a new card showing up in your mailbox sometime soon. Julie Brookhart, a spokesperson for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, says the new cards will no longer use your Social Security number to identify you. She says that’s the only thing that is different, as […]Powered by WPeMatico
