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Defense attorneys Jennifer Frese, left, and Chad Frese speak during a news conference after the verdict in the Cristhian Bahena Rivera trial, Friday, May 28, 2021, at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa. A jury on Friday found Bahena Rivera guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who vanished while out for a run in 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Pool)
Farm laborer convicted in 2018 stabbing death of Iowa runner

By Ryan J. Foley May. 28, 2021 03:44 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2019, file photo, Cristhian Bahena Rivera appears for a hearing at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa. Citing COVID-19 protocols, Judge Joel Yates said in an order dated Monday, May 10, 2021, that members of the public and news media will not be allowed inside the courtroom when Rivera's trial starts next week. Rivera, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mollie Tibbetts, 20, who disappeared in July 2018 while out for a run in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP File)/The Des Moines Register via AP)
Prosecutor says trial in Iowa student's death won't be easy

By Ryan J. Foley May. 17, 2021 01:18 AM EDT

Judge OKs broadcast, limits attendance at Iowa murder trial

By Ryan J. Foley May. 11, 2021 12:19 PM EDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The public will be able to watch the trial of the man charged with killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts — but not in...

University of Iowa's incoming President Barbara Wilson is introduced during a news conference, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Levitt Center for University Advancement on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. The Iowa Board of Regents appointed Wilson on Friday, to succeed Bruce Harreld, who is retiring after leading the campus since 2015, after interviewing four finalists in closed session. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)
U. of Illinois official to be next U. of Iowa president

By Ryan J. Foley Apr. 30, 2021 05:36 PM EDT

Lawyer hired by Democratic AG defends Iowa's GOP governor

By Ryan J. Foley Feb. 24, 2021 12:16 PM EST
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's Democratic attorney general has installed the Republican governor’s lawyer into a high-level job in which he is aggressively...

Pharmacy technician Suzanne Eagan shakes a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine before drawing a dose for a healthcare worker at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette via AP)
'Historic moment' as 1st Iowa health workers get vaccinated

By Ryan J. Foley Dec. 14, 2020 02:37 PM EST

Iowa hospitals prepare for first staff virus vaccinations

By David Pitt Dec. 09, 2020 11:28 AM EST
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa Health Care officials said Wednesday that the group's hospitals expect to get their first shipment of a coronavirus...

Iowa prison inmate with COVID-19 dies at hospital

Dec. 06, 2020 06:25 PM EST
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa prison inmate with COVID-19 and other medical conditions has died at a hospital. The Iowa Department of...

This photo made on Oct. 6, 2020, in Westerville, Ohio, shows Ohio absentee ballots. Two voters registered at the same address in the Columbus suburb of Westerville, Ohio, were mailed these differing absentee ballots for the 2020 general election, with one of the ballots listing candidates from a different congressional district. (AP Photo/Kantele Franko)
Mail-in ballot mix-ups: How much should we worry?

By Frank Bajak Oct. 07, 2020 07:07 PM EDT

Iowa governor allows college bars to reopen with distancing

Oct. 02, 2020 11:42 AM EDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bars in Iowa's two largest college towns can reopen next week after a five-week closure helped stop coronavirus outbreaks among young...

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2015, file photo, Bruce Harreld speaks to media after he was introduced as the new University of Iowa president during a news conference in Iowa City, Iowa. Harreld announced plans on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, to retire after the school's board finds his successor. Harreld, a former corporate executive and Harvard Business School instructor, has led the Big Ten university since 2015. (David Scrivner/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File)
U of Iowa president to retire as school faces challenges

By Ryan J. Foley Oct. 01, 2020 09:30 AM EDT

Iowa reports over 600 confirmed coronavirus cases, 2 deaths

Sep. 28, 2020 12:32 PM EDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa on Monday reported more than 600 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours and two additional deaths. ...

Backers pledge $1.65M in push to save Iowa sports programs

Sep. 22, 2020 12:30 PM EDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Supporters lobbying to reinstate four recently-eliminated University of Iowa sports programs say they have obtained $1.65 million and...

Iowa virus cases surge by over 1,200 and deaths rise by 10

Sep. 18, 2020 05:35 PM EDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coronavirus infections grew by 1,259 confirmed cases on Friday with 10 additional deaths. The state now has...

Reynolds: Bars in 4 counties can open, not in college towns

Sep. 15, 2020 05:49 PM EDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday she'll let bars, breweries and taverns in four counties reopen, less than three weeks after she order...

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, Miranda Darwin, from Raleigh and a freshman at UNC-Chapel Hill, center, gets help from her brother, Sam, and her mother Stacy while moving out of her room at Hinton James residence hall in Chapel Hill, N.C. As more and more schools and businesses around the country get the OK to reopen, some college towns are moving in the opposite direction because of too much partying and too many COVID-19 infections among students. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP, File)
College towns growing alarmed over outbreaks among students

By Bryan Anderson, Jim Salter And Lindsay Whitehurst Aug. 28, 2020 04:12 PM EDT

Iowa seeing troubling virus trends as students return

By David Pitt Aug. 26, 2020 02:41 PM EDT
As K-12 and college students and staff return to classrooms across Iowa, the pace of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations has accelerated, prompting alarm...

University of Iowa pushes ahead with plan to reopen for fall

By Ryan J. Foley Aug. 10, 2020 01:51 PM EDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa administrators pushed ahead Monday with plans to resume in-person classes and on-campus housing, even as student...

Defying governor, Iowa City mayor mandates masks in public

By Ryan J. Foley Jul. 21, 2020 02:37 PM EDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa City’s mayor on Tuesday ordered people to wear masks in public to stop the spread of the coronavirus, defying Gov. Kim Reynolds’...

COVID-19 outbreak infects 61 inmates, 5 staff at Iowa prison

Jul. 07, 2020 05:29 PM EDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A coronavirus virus outbreak that has infected 61 inmates and five staff members at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility has claimed the...