Eight of the 30 U.S. Agriculture Department secretaries have ties to Iowa. Three former Agriculture secretaries were born in Iowa, including Mike Johanns (Osage), Henry A. Wallace (near Orient), and Edwin...

Just how much should we worry about privacy? Nearly daily incidents demand that we as a society redraw the line between our private lives and our public personas. The "public" is that part of...

If any of you were alive in the past week (and by alive, I mean watched television) then you know about the bus monitor — the one in upstate New York who took a verbal beating from a school bus full...

Two former Iowa track and field athletes competed at the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., on June 22-24. Erik Sowinski raced in the 800-meter event and finished seventh in the prelims...

Bryce Cartwright isn't wearing No. 24 this summer. His jersey is no longer black and gold. He left Carver-Hawkeye Arena for a high-school gym near his home town in Compton, Calif. He was invited...

The Euro 2012 tournament suffered a less-than inspiring start, but it has kicked up a couple gears since then. The games have gotten more entertaining, the goals have been spectacular, and Kasey Keller...

Rebounding is vital to having a strong defense and a potent offense. Incoming Hawkeye freshman Adam Woodbury showed flashes of his rebounding dominance when he powered his Prime Time League team to a win...

Melsahn Basabe's team trailed by 10 points near the end of the first half on Sunday in North Liberty. But his team, Jill Armstrong of Skogman Realty surged back and defeated Pelling/McCurry's, 106-98,...

A local man has been accused of attempting to cash a check that did not belong to him. Bryan Hinds, 23, 986 Oxen Lane, was charged June 22 with forgery and fifth-degree theft. According to a Johnson...

A North Liberty hasd been accused of committing a third-offense OWI. Jeffrey Petoletti, 49, was charged June 22 with third-offense OWI and driving while license denied or revoked. According to a North...

A woman has been accused of stealing cash, gold jewelry, and a 55-inch flat-screen TV. Ashley Diaz, address unknown, was charged Feb. 15 with second-degree theft. According to an Iowa City police complaint,...

A local woman has been accused of possessing cocaine. Lisa Langer, 46, 2401 Highway 6 E. No. 2429, was charged June 21 with third-offense possession of a controlled substance. According to an Iowa City...