Johnson County won’t fight nursing home chain
IOWA CITY — Johnson County officials have decided not to fight a nursing home chain’s attempt to be reclassified as a residential property, citing a recent Iowa Supreme Court ruling showing a broad...
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Third defendant in Bailey slaying sentenced to life
Denise Frei looks toward the gallery during her sentencing at the Iowa County Courthouse on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, in Marengo, Iowa. (SourceMedia Group News/Jim Slosiarek)MARENGO — Alex Bailey looked...
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Fall from grace
Pepe Rojas-Cardona (left) poses with fellow student government member Vernon McKinley on the University of Iowa campus in this April 1990 file photo. At the time, Rojas-Cardona was student president....
View ArticleInmate charged with sending threats to judge
CEDAR RAPIDS – A mentally-impaired inmate at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center has been charged with sending a threatening letter to a district court judge working in Johnson County.Albert W....
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Fight or flight: If you witnessed abuse, would you have the courage to stop it?
It’s hard to hear about the Penn State University child sex abuse scandal without wondering what you would do if you witnessed wrongdoing by a respected public figure.Would you confront the alleged...
View ArticleRoosevelt endowment will move to Borlaug
IOWA CITY — An $11,313 endowment at Iowa City’s Roosevelt Elementary School, which is closing in June, will move to the new Norman Borlaug Elementary School.The Jerry Hoffey/Roosevelt Memorial...
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40 percent of bus drivers in largest school districts have traffic violations
A Gazette-KCRG probe finds 40 percent of school bus drivers at the Corridor's four largest school districts have at least one traffic violation. (AP)More than 40 percent of school bus drivers in the...
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Honey Creek Resort struggling to find profits
Visitors at Honey Creek Resort in this early 2010 photo. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)The Iowa Department of Natural Resources stands by two companies hired to manage Honey Creek Resort, despite continued...
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Universities: Overload pay cheaper than hiring more faculty
Students walk across the University of Iowa Pentacrest. (Gazette file photo)Iowa’s three state universities paid professors a combined $3.4 million in bonuses for teaching beyond their required course...
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Honey Creek posts operating profit, but not yet self-supporting
Visitors linger in the lobby at Honey Creek Resort State Park near Moravia in March 2010. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)Honey Creek Resort, a $58 million state-owned facility in southern Iowa, had an...
View ArticleLawyer who claimed Iowa jackpot alleged to have ties to Delaware fraud
A New York attorney who presented an Iowa Lottery ticket worth more than $14 million is accused of defrauding an East Coast company.Crawford Shaw, representing a trust called Hexam Investments, turned...
View ArticleSecrecy key to offshore accounts linked to Hot Lotto case
Secrecy is the main reason people stash cash in offshore accounts like the one that would have received a Hot Lotto jackpot worth millions, according to Iowa tax and accounting professors.In this case,...
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Water worries
Water filters through one of the two 40 foot. tanks at the water treatment plant in Coralville. (Nikole Hanna/The Gazette)Iowa doesn’t have water shortages like in western and southern states, but...
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Corporate programs don’t always help neediest schools
National corporate giveback programs raised more than $100,000 for local schools last year, but some programs disproportionately benefit schools with wealthier students, a Gazette analysis shows.Target...
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Public schools turning to private financial sources
Indian Hills Elementary first-graders raise their hands to use the classroom's interactive white board as teacher Gina Merrill sets up a math lesson on Friday, Jan. 27, at the school in Marion. All the...
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Iowa Democrats have had no contact from Rojas-Cardona family
Pepe Rojas-Cardona (left) poses with fellow student government member Vernon McKinley on the University of Iowa campus in this April 1990 file photo. At the time, Rojas-Cardona was student president....
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Iowa Lottery takes steps to protect jackpots
A lottery ticket is a piece of paper representing a dream.To give everyone a fair chance at the dream, the Iowa Lottery tries to build security into the system to keep scammers, thieves and...
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Iowa gets C+ on integrity index for states
Iowa public officials have created a government that keeps a sizable portion of its operations shut off from public scrutiny, according to a comprehensive study of government openness and...
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Confusion reigns over legal authority to close Price Lab
University of Northern Iowa campus (Copyright © 2012 U.S.News & World Report) CEDAR FALLS — Who has the authority to close the University of Northern Iowa’s Price Lab School was a central question...
View ArticleState demands return of grant from AgSugar International
CEDAR RAPIDS — The state of Iowa wants its money back.An upstart company that surfaced in Cedar Rapids in 2011, secured support from local economic-development officials and won public incentives for...
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