MUSCATINE, Iowa — The suspect moved menacingly toward her, but Elexiana Oliva stood her ground, gun drawn and in a half crouch as she calmly tried to talk him down. The confrontation wasn't real, and ...

Emily Shields, executive director of Community Colleges for Iowa, which is studying whether the state’s community colleges should be allowed to offer bachelor’s degrees. For some students, “moving to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa Capitol Bureau) - A new report from Community Colleges for Iowa finds that the state doesn’t have enough people with four year degrees in areas like healthcare, ...

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