by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 31, 2010 | Crime & Courts
A native of the northern Iowa town of Belmond is charged with murder after the weekend stabbings of two people in Ohio. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department is holding 44-year-old Wade Gaunt of Jackson, Ohio, on $1.5-million after he allegedly stabbed his...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 31, 2010 | Crime & Courts
Authorities in eastern Iowa’s Jones County have charged a teacher with having inappropriate contact with a student. Thirty-two-year-old Jeremy Chamberlin of Olin was arrested Tuesday. He’s been on paid administrative leave from Olin High School since...
by Dar Danielson | Mar 31, 2010 | Education
The University of Dubuque has delayed a decision on adding a link to Alaska. The Iowa school has been considering taking over the fellow-Presbyterian campus of Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska. University president, Jeffrey Bullock, says the issue is still...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 31, 2010 | Education, Politics & Government
Banks nationwide are being forced out of the federal student loan business and it’ll mean a shift in focus for the Iowa entity that manages billions of dollars in student loans. Legislation signed into law Tuesday by President Obama strips banks of their ability...
by Dar Danielson | Mar 31, 2010 | Crime & Courts
A drug task force in eastern Iowa has won a regional award for “outstanding investigation” in its effort to break up a major methamphetamine ring. The Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program in Kansas City made the presentation to...
