IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Board of Regents is considering tuition hikes at the state’s three public universities next school year to help offset millions in budget cuts. The Press-Citizen reports the proposal would increase in-state base tuition for undergraduates by $216 for the 2017-18 academic year at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Officers responded to reports of a stabbing at the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall yesterday. KGAN-TV reports upon arrival, police found the victim and suspect near the fountain in the Mall where the victim was stabbed multiple times. The victim was transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals. Their wounds appeared to be non-life threatening.
DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Dubuque authorities are looking into the case of man who died after police pepper sprayed him. WHO-TV reports the man had been assaulting customers at a bar Saturday night. When officers arrived, bar patrons were holding the man down and police used pepper spray to subdue him. The man then went into cardiac arrest. Officers performed CPR, but he later died at the hospital.
BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – A woman was killed in a fire at a Burlington duplex, according to WQAD-TV. When firefighters arrived, they found flames coming from one of the downstairs windows. After entering the home, firefighters found the body of an adult woman. Crews tried to resuscitate her, but she was pronounced dead.
ANAMOSA, IA (IRN) – The Jones County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man accused of taking a child this weekend. KCRG-TV reports 29-year-old Frank Young, of Anamosa, took the child from a home outside Oxford Junction. When a deputy tried to stop him, he left the child unhurt in his vehicle and ran off into a wooded area. Young is wanted on multiple charges, including domestic abuse, violation of protective order and violation of a custodial order.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An Iowa man died peacefully this month after family members falsely told him the process to impeach President Donald Trump had begun “so that he could rest in peace.” Corliss Gilchrist, who would have celebrated his 92nd birthday Sunday, died Wednesday at his Altoona home. His obituary published in the Des Moines Register said he was a proud union member and took great pride in his work with Armstrong Tire, retiring after more than 40 years of service.