BURNSIDE — For Southeast Valley Middle School seventh graders, the lessons in “The Hunger Games” extend well beyond the pages of a book. They are an opportunity to help their neighbors and peers stock their pantry shelves and meet basic needs. As students read Suzanne Collins’ novel, ...
Two people were injured in a crash at Fifth Avenue South and 30th Street early Friday afternoon. The crash left one vehicle on its side. Firefighters had to cut the roof of that vehicle to free the occupants. Several blocks of Fifth Avenue South were closed to traffic because of the crash.
By BROOKLYN DRAISEY University of Northern Iowa President Mark Nook has announced his upcoming retirement as the institution celebrates record-breaking fundraising and 150 years in existence. The Cedar Falls university president, who began his tenure in February 2017, shared with the UNI community Friday morning his intentions to retire at the end of the 2026-2027 academic year with the commitment to stay at UNI until his successor arrives. Nook said in a news release from the institution that serving UNI and the state has been “one of the greatest privileges” of he and his wife, ...
By CLARK KAUFFMAN A Venezuelan citizen held by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement in the Muscatine County Jail for almost six months is taking the federal government to court over the matter. Albin Jose Nunez Romero has filed a civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against Muscatine County Sheriff Quinn Riess; Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin; David Easterwood, an ICE field office director, and U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche. In his lawsuit, Romero alleges he entered the United States on a flight to Miami in October 2019. ...
When Reba McEntire took the stage Wednesday night to sing Dolly Parton’s gospel classic “He’s Alive,” a group of 25 singers accompanied her. One of them was Grace Casciato, of Fort Dodge. The Belmont University senior was in the front row of the students singing with the country ...
