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Residents react after high school football parent allegedly poops in rival's hallway

Police say the father of a high school student was caught on camera defecating in the hallway at a rival school during a football game.

Cedar Rapids, IA · 15h
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Former Iowa City superintendent resigns from school district

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Former Iowa City School superintendent Matt Degner has resigned from the district. The school board accepted his resignation Tuesday night in a 5-2 vote. Board members Mitch Lingo and Audrey Moeller voted against accepting it. Lingo removed the resignation from the consent agenda ahead of...

Iowa City, IA · 8h
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Iowa esports community mourns Clear Creek Amana student killed in Highway 30 crash

TIFFIN, Iowa — The Iowa High School Esports Association is mourning the death of a Clear Creek Amana High School student-athlete who was killed in last Friday's deadly crash on U.S. Highway 30 in Cedar Rapids. Kayan Williams, 16, of Cedar Rapids, was one of two people killed in...

Cedar Rapids, IA · 1d
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Our picks for every IHSAA semifinal game in Iowa high school playoffs

Only two weeks remain in the 2026 Iowa high school football season, with the semifinals this week and s tate championship games next week. The penultimate round of the playoffs runs Wednesday, Nov. 11, through Saturday, Nov. 14, in Cedar Falls. Title games will be held Nov. 19 and 20 at the UNI-Dome. We’re back with another round of predictions this week. Throughout the season, we made educated guesses about who would win the 10 biggest games each week. But for the state semifinals, we're predicting all 14 matchups. We went 61-19 in the regular season, and we went 6-4 in our first set of playoff predictions. In the quarterfinals, we went 7-3, bringing our season-long record to 74-26. Here are our predictions for the Iowa high school football state semifinals . Class 5A Ankeny (9-2) vs. Johnston (10-1), Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. The Hawks' defense gets a lot of credit, but this offense has put up 40-or-more points in four of its last five games. When these two teams met in the regular season, though, Johnston held Ankeny scoreless, and if the Dragons play the same way, they'll find themselves competing for a state championship. Johnston 24, Ankeny

Iowa · 13h

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Dubuque school board votes to close 2 middle schools, move to 1 high school

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) — The Dubuque school board voted 6-1 on Monday night to close Jefferson and Washington middle schools and go down to one high school after next academic year. Dubuque Community Schools officials said these changes will not be the last needed to meet its nearly $17...

Dubuque, IA · 1d

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Letter to the editor: ICCSD shouldn’t make big decisions based on unreliable enrollment projections

Imagine if a weatherman said there was a 50 percent chance of rain a month from today. You might believe him. Now imagine his prediction went up to 80 percent. Would you still buy it, or would it seem a tad extreme? Now imagine he told you that he was 99.7 percent certain it would rain one month from today. Might his extreme confidence for a prediction so far in the future make you a little skeptical?

Iowa City, IA · 2d

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UNI feature twirler makes the most of the college experience

Baton twirling has been part of UNI feature twirler Evelyn Green’s life since she was 6 years old. Now a senior in the UNI nursing program, she continues to share her passion with the campus community through football games, performances, and other university events. Originally from Wisconsin, she began...

Cedar Falls, IA · 20h

Iowa Capital Dispatch

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Iowa universities seek approval for reduced-credit degrees, program eliminations

New, reduced-credit pathways to a degree are making their way to Iowa’s public universities with preliminary approval from their state governing body. The Iowa Board of Regents Academic Affairs Committee Wednesday recommended approval for the University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa to establish bachelor of applied professional studies degrees, developed in deference to […]

Iowa · 5h

Daily Iowan

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UI hand-built bike course leads doctoral student on Icelandic expedition

For doctoral student Jackson Begolka, a chance encounter with a long-admired professor at a stoplight led to a 21-day trip spanning 700 miles through Iceland’s unforgiving climate and harsh volcanic terrain. Begolka grew up in West Des Moines, attending Valley High School. At the University of Iowa, he chose...

Iowa City, IA · 1d

Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Iowa City schools audit reveals district had less money in fiscal 2025 than initially reported

IOWA CITY — The Iowa City school district had almost $38 million less money than it reported in a Certified Annual Report to the state in November 2025, a new audit shows. The fiscal 2025 audit shows the district ended that year June 30, 2025, with $24.5 million across all funds. That’s similar to districts with an enrollment of 3,000 students, according to an analysis of Certified Annual Reports from districts statewide. The Iowa City school district’s enrollment is about 14,400 students. The audit also shows that a capital projects fund — the Physical Plant and Equipment Levy, or PPEL — had a balance of $19.4 million but only $140,633 in cash at the end of fiscal 2025. Another capital projects fund — Secure An Advanced Vision for Education, or SAVE — owed PPEL $20.8 million. The money was used to pay SAVE’s debt payment on time. Overspending Last month, the Iowa City district shared that it overspent SAVE by more than $45 million over four fiscal years, using a fund primarily reserved to pay teacher and staff salaries to spend beyond its means. The fiscal 2025 audit revealed that SAVE was overspent by $33.5 million as of June 30,

Iowa City, IA · 2d

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Iowa High School Football: West Lyon Chasing Third Straight State Title

West Lyon gets Aplington-Parkersburg, Iowa City Regina faces Treynor in Class 1A of Iowa high school football playoffs.

Iowa · 1d

Iowa City Press-Citizen

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University of Iowa opens $12M dance building in former art museum

Nearly two decades after the 2008 flood severely damaged the University of Iowa Art Building, the renovated space has reopened as the new home of the Department of Dance. The $12 million renovation at 150 North Riverside Drive has been years in the making. More: Nebraska Omaha professor rejects Center for Intellectual Freedom offer The art building was one of 22 University of Iowa facilities overwhelmed by floodwaters in 2008. The university collaborated with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to design the Visual Arts Building across the street along Riverside Drive, which opened in 2016. “We’re just so excited for what this building is going to do, and it’s just an amazing addition to our arts campus,” University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson said during a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 24. “This is the rebirth of dance.” Construction began in 2025 and was funded by the university's Public-Private Partnership (P3) initiative, which uses funds from the university's partnership with ENGIE for strategic campus improvements. More: How Iowa City CSD plans to make $13.8M in budget cuts by March The dance department relocated from its previous space in Halsey Hall, providing a space better suited for students by addressing inadequate space

Iowa City, IA · 1d

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Cedar Rapids school board elects new leadership, reviews district finances

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Cedar Rapids Community School District Board of Education unanimously elected Scott Drzycimski as president and Laura Zimmerman as vice president during its annual meeting Monday, Nov. 9. According to meeting minutes, Drzycimski nominated himself for president and was the only candidate. Board members Jennifer...

Cedar Rapids, IA · 21h

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ICCSD board to consider administrator resignation during Tuesday's meeting

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa City Community School District’s school board is scheduled to consider an administrator’s resignation at its meeting Tuesday. The agenda lists a recommendation to approve the resignation “per mutual consent.” It does not identify the administrator or explain the circumstances.

Iowa City, IA · 2d

Cedar Rapids Gazette

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High school football 2026: Area capsules for the state semifinals

Eight area teams. Seven games. Six classes. Four days. In one venue. The Iowa high school state playoffs all move indoors this week to the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The following is a list of semifinal games involving area teams. 8-Player: No. 3 Iowa Valley (11-0) vs. No. 2 Woodbine (10-0) (4 p.m. Wednesday) Overview: Led by the state’s all-time 8-player touchdown king , Nolan Kriegel, Iowa Valley seeks its first spot in the championship game in school history. Nobody has challenged the Tigers, who have enforced the continuous clock in all of their 11 games thus far and are outscoring their opponents by an average tally of 62-11. That includes a 70-32 quarterfinal win over Edgewood-Colesburg in a game that was competitive for most of three quarters. Kreigel rushed for 281 yards and four touchdowns, sending his season total to 1,864 yards and 40 TDs (he also has over 1,000 passing yards). Woodbine reached the championship game last year before bowing to Algona Garrigan, 44-42. The Tigers avenged that defeat in last week’s semifinals 50-22 behind six total touchdowns (three rushing, three passing) by QB Cal Pryor. Woodbine receiver Landon Blum (61 catches, 1,144 yards, 16 TDs) is a

Cedar Falls, IA · 1d

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Cedar Rapids school district considers three bell schedule options for next school year

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Community School District is considering three bell schedule scenarios for next academic year that could change when a student’s school day starts and ends by as much as 90 minutes. The district is asking for public feedback before the school board votes Dec. 14.

Cedar Rapids, IA · 1d

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Linn-Mar Students Selected to Perform in the 2026 Iowa OPUS Honor Choir

A combined total of 34 students from Boulder Peak, Hazel Point, Excelsior Middle School, Oak Ridge Middle School and Linn-Mar High School were selected to participate in the Iowa OPUS Honor Choir on Thursday, Nov. 19. Sponsored by the Iowa Choral Directors Association, the OPUS Honor Choir brings together outstanding...

Marion, IA · 1d

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Josey Jewell Entering IHSAA Football Hall of Fame

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The Iowa High School Athletic Association is proud to announce 2026 honorees of the IHSAA Football Hall of Fame and IHSAA Officials Hall of Fame, to be recognized at the UNI-Dome during the finals on Friday, Nov. 20. One official and five former players will...

Cedar Falls, IA · 1d

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Coach Duncan talks about football seniors

The semi-final round of the Iowa High School Athletic Association football playoffs are later this week inside the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Greene County went 3-6 this season and did not qualify for the Class 3A playoffs. Ram head coach Caden Duncan was asked what the expectation is for players...

Cedar Falls, IA · 1d

Iowa Capital Dispatch

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Clarke University joins program to pay students for community service work

Clarke University is bringing a service-based partnership to Iowa to connect and support its students and community organizations. The Dubuque private university announced in a news release it is Iowa’s first institution of higher learning to partner with the Corella & Bertram F. Bonner Foundation for its Bonner Leaders Initiative, part of a program that […]

Dubuque, IA · 1d