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Documents The Daily Iowan obtained show police searched a University of Iowa fraternity last year in a case involving sexual assault allegations that have provoked demonstrations at the fraternity and elsewhere on campus.
Source: The Daily Iowan (Iowa City)
Posted on: September 3, 2021
Iowa's public safety leaders had concerns about staffing levels at home and the costs of sending state troopers to the U.S.-Mexican border in Texas at a time when the state was not releasing details about the July trip. The story and copies of records.
Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Posted on: August 23, 2021
The Kim Reynolds administration kept secret estimates it had for sending state troopers to the U.S.-Mexican border, adding to open records disputes facing the state.
Source: Des Moines Register
Posted on: August 23, 2021
People who bought pre-need funeral packages lost money in the case of Andrew Joyce, who faces four criminal counts for allegedly using the funds for personal use. One couple's story, in the Des Moines Register.
Source: Des Moines Register
Posted on: June 15, 2021
Black students are six times more likely than white students to be named in criminal complaints in Cedar Rapids schools, The Gazette reports.
Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Posted on: June 15, 2021
Iowa's census workers say they fear their count won't be accurate because of poor training, technology problems and other concerns during a troublesome 2020.
Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Posted on: November 2, 2020
Damage the herbicide dicamba has done to soybeans and trees is the worst seen since the controversial weed killer hit the market in the 1960s.
Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Posted on: October 6, 2020
National experts say Iowa is falling short when it comes to testing for COVID-19. Two key factors: insufficient testing and high positivity rates, the Des Moines Register's Lee Rood says in her Readers' Watchdog report.
Source: Des Moines Register
Posted on: October 3, 2020
The Des Moines Register dug into where $2.81 billion in federal stimulus money related to the COVID-19 pandemic and under the control of Gov. Kim Reynolds is being spent in Iowa. There's more money to be spent.
Source: Des Moines Register
Posted on: September 8, 2020
A University of Iowa incoming freshman talks about her harrowing experience with the university's treatment of her positive COVID-19 test, which led to an apology.
Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen
Posted on: August 22, 2020