by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 30, 2020 | Education, News
An online academy associated with a southwest Iowa school district has seen a significant increase in interest from parents exploring education options during the pandemic. Dr. James Brauer, the principal of the Iowa Connections Academy, one of two...
by Matt Kelley | May 31, 2019 | Education, News
One of the University of Iowa’s most accomplished space scientists is retiring. Professor Don Gurnett is retiring after spending more than six decades at the Iowa City institution, first as a rocket-building student, then as a professor and researcher. Gurnett...
by Matt Kelley | Feb 12, 2019 | News, Weather
A new study that details how poorly electric cars perform during extremely cold weather likely isn’t a surprise for anyone who already drives one of the plug-in vehicles. Nick Jarmusz, spokesman for AAA-Iowa, says this season of sleet, snow and super-low wind...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 12, 2018 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Congressman Steve King, a republican from Kiron, questioned the Google CEO Sundar Pichai Tuesday about alleged political biased search results. King asked during a House Judiciary Committee hearing why Google isn’t more transparent about the roughly 1,000...
by Dar Danielson | Aug 23, 2018 | Crime & Courts, Education, News
A former University of Iowa wrestler is sentenced to prison for hacking the school’s computer system. Twenty-three-year-old Trevor Graves pleaded guilty to unauthorized access and damaging the U-I network in 2015. Graves admitted to using what’s called a...