Iowa State Presidential Finalist Dale Whittaker Withdraws from Consideration

Dale Whittaker, the provost of the University of Central Florida and one of four finalists announced for the position of Iowa State University's next...

Iowa State Announces $1.7 Million Charles Koch Foundation Gift

Iowa State University's economics department will receive $1,685,000 over five years from the Charles Koch Foundation for its program studying underperforming Midwest markets and...
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Pulitzer Winner Art Cullen Warns of Wintersteen Presidency

In a letter to the editor of the Iowa State Daily student newspaper, Storm Lake Times editor Art Cullen slammed Iowa State University ag...

Steve King Inspects Trump Border Wall Prototypes in San Diego

Today, Congressman Steve King visited a construction site in the desert outside San Diego, where contractors have been building prototypes of President Trump's border...

Dakota Access Lawyer Says Support for Jacobsen Unrelated to Pipeline Issue

In a recent campaign email promoting an event last Saturday at the Raygun T-shirt shop in Des Moines, 4th district congressional candidate Leann Jacobsen...

Sessions Sends Hate Crimes Lawyer to Iowa to Prosecute Trans Murder Case

In an unusual move — especially for an attorney general who earlier this month penned a memo stating that workplace protections don't apply to...

Weekly News Roundup: Branstad’s North Korea Excuse, Allegations of Misappropriated DNR Funds

The Informer’s weekly news roundup, presented in partnership with KHOI community radio. Branstad Uses North Korea Negotiations As Excuse to Delay Lawsuit Brought by Fired...
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Wintersteen Dodges Agribiz Influence Question at Final ISU Presidential Search Forum

For years at Iowa State University, Wendy Wintersteen, the controversial dean of its agriculture college and now a finalist to be its next president,...

ISU Presidential Finalist Whittaker’s Diversity-Heavy Pitch Overshadowed by News of Ag Dean as Fellow...

Update, 10/20: Dale Whittaker has withdrawn as a finalist, he announced through Iowa Board of Regents spokesman Josh Lehman. Original post: University of Central Florida...

Bryon’s Music Roundup: Explosions in the Sky Play Wooly’s, Pridefest Coming to Bandshell Park

Last week started out rough, with the loss of Tom Petty. I'm still sort of processing that, and keep pulling out Wildflowers and realizing...
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