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Police: More arrests in ISU crowd disturbance
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Ames police say they have arrested more people in connection to a crowd disturbance at Iowa State University that injured one student.
Police said in a news release Friday that four people have been arrested since the incident that began late Tuesday and ended Wednesday morning. A fifth person turned themselves into police.
Records show the five men are students at Iowa State, including defensive lineman David Irving. He has been suspended indefinitely from the team.
The men face various charges, including trespass and criminal mischief. Police Cmdr. Geoff Huff says he expects additional arrests and charges in the case.
The crowd formed during the week of a multi-day celebration on campus known as Veishea. It was later suspended for the rest of the week.
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Some Iowa Republicans sour on Ryan budget plan CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan has a lot of work to do in Iowa to sell his just-passed budget plan, should the 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee seek the 2016 presidential nomination.
The Wisconsin representative and chairman of the House Budget Committee plans to make a pitch tonight at the annual spring fundraising dinner for the Iowa Republican Party in Cedar Rapids.
His measure passed Thursday by the House promises a balanced federal ledger by 2024 through sweeping cuts to social spending.
Many GOP officials in the leadoff caucus state, including Gov. Terry Branstad, praise Ryan's effort but say it's far from perfect.
And some have opposed the plan outright for its 10-year timeframe.
The annual Lincoln Day dinner often draws headliners who are considering a run for president.
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UNI fraternity brothers wear heels for a cause CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Fraternity brothers at the University of Northern Iowa have put on red high heel shoes to raise awareness about sexual assault.
The group gathered Thursday at the Cedar Falls campus as part of the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. It's part of an international campaign against rape, sexual assault and gender violence.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports (http://bit.ly/1lR8mUWhttp://bit.ly/1lR8mUW ) a group of sorority sisters helped guide the men as they clacked down a one-mile stretch of campus.
The nonprofit Riverview Center in Waterloo helped host the event. They're putting together different events to promote sexual assault prevention during the month.
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Information from: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, http://www.wcfcourier.comhttp://www.wcfcourier.com
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U. Iowa expels student for sexual misconduct IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa has taken the unusual step of expelling a student for sexual misconduct, weeks after the school president announced a zero-tolerance stance toward assault.
The university said Friday the student was expelled for a "pattern of predatory behavior" that included incidents of forcible fondling and sodomy.
President Sally Mason unveiled a plan to combat sexual assault in February, which included expelling the most serious offenders. The change came amid protests following Mason's remark that sexual assault probably couldn't be eliminated because of "human nature."
The dean of students said in February he wasn't aware of a single case in which a student was expelled for sexual misconduct in recent years. He said that 12 suspensions in recent years were related to sexual assault or domestic violence.
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Union chief says Iowa 'do-not-hire' list is flawed IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The president of Iowa's largest public employees union says the state's list of banned former workers is filled with mistakes and shouldn't have been released.
Danny Homan of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said Friday the union has already found two people on the 974-person "do-not-hire" list who currently work for the state.
He says that includes one Department of Corrections employee who was reinstated after an arbitrator found his discipline wasn't justified. Homan says several other individuals are still challenging their firings through grievances, which means their names should have been kept confidential under Iowa law because their terminations aren't final.
The Department of Administrative Services released the data earlier this week, but withheld 600 more names of disqualified former probationary and at-will employees.
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