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Mid-Prairie school board to stand behind superintendent after state board allegations
WELLMAN, Iowa (KCRG) - The Mid-Prairie School District school board says it’s standing behind its superintendent as he and two former administrators face a hearing from the state’s Board of Educational Examiners. The Iowa Board of Education Examiners oversees teaching licenses. It found probable cause on a complaint...
UI reaches settlement with tenured professor under investigation
A tenured associate professor at the University of Iowa’s Department of Health and Human Physiology has agreed to resign in lieu of termination as part of a settlement reached over the weekend. The Gazette reports by signing a settlement agreement with the UI, the state Attorney General’s Office and...
UI art professor and students cross the state on hand-built bikes
Editor’s note: For six days at the beginning of June, The Daily Iowan photojournalist Jordan Barry participated in a bike tour with University of Iowa Art School professor Steve McGuire and his students as they biked from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Muscatine, Iowa. McGuire and his students rode bikes they put together in his Hand Built Bike classes 490 miles across the state, averaging 83 miles per day, from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River. This piece is written in a first-person perspective to provide a more intimate account of the story.
University of Iowa and Iowa State University drop in U.S. News & World Report global ranks
In the most recent U.S. News & World Report, the University of Iowa fell 45 spots in Best Global Universities Rankings, while Iowa State University's ranking dropped 81 spots. The University of Iowa ranked 180th in last year's list, but fell to 225th in 2024. Iowa State University was ranked 263rd in 2023 and is now ranked 344th.
Iowa wrestler Petersen praises HS coaches
University of Iowa wrestler Kale Petersen, a 2023 Greene County High School graduate, praised his high school coaches in a conversation aired July 1 as a part of the PM Sports Magazine KG98 Edition. Petersen is rehabbing after early February knee surgery to repair two knee ligaments torn while wrestling.
What to Watch in the Your Prep Sports Area as Postseason Softball Begins
The fourth of July is almost here which means that the fireworks that come with the softball postseason in Iowa are right around the corner. Postseason play begins in Classes 1A and 2A on Monday with opening-round games in the largest three classes following on Wednesday. The goal for every...
Iowa 7th grader wins gold at the Pan American Games in El Salvador
DENVER — An eastern Iowa girl is flexing her talents on the mat. Abbie Peterson is a seventh-grade wrestler from the small town of Denver in northeast Iowa. She travels an hour and a half daily, sometimes twice a day, to train with the best at Big Game Wrestling in North Liberty, near Iowa City.
Ravens Win Back-To-Back North Titles; Take Out Louisa-Muscatine Monday
For the second straight season, the Hillcrest Academy Raven baseball team brought home the Southeast Iowa Superconference North Division Championship, officially clinching with a 5-3 win over Louisa-Muscatine in Kalona Monday. The game, originally a weather postponement, restarted in the third inning with Hillcrest on top 3-1. The Ravens saw the Falcons trim the margin to 3-2 with a third inning run before finding two of their own in the fifth for the insurance they needed. Rowan Miller went the distance on the mound for the Ravens, giving up four hits and two earned runs, walking and striking out three each to lock down Louisa-Muscatine. Hillcrest got just enough offense with an RBI each for Miller and Seth Ours while Miller and Mason Bender had the lone hits. Phoenix Anderson, Liam and Lawson Schrock, Lincoln Miller and Kale Bailey all scored. Hillcrest has now won 21 of the their last 22 North Division games dating back to last season, taking back-to-back division crowns.
Andrew Kelleher of New Albin is one of 10 Iowa natives awarded Gilman Scholarship to study abroad
Andrew Kelleher of New Albin is one of 10 students from the University of Iowa (UI) - all hailing from hometowns in Iowa - who have been granted a prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which awards the recipient up to $5,000 to study abroad. Sponsored by the U.S. Department...
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