The University of Iowa has started a review that could lead to a change in its judicial process for professors put on paid leave while under investigation for misconduct allegations. The university has granted seven such leaves since 2005, including four that are still current, according to Associat
Emily Zimmerman knew things weren't right in her hometown of Marinette, Wis., on Monday afternoon as soon as she checked Facebook. Zimmerman, senior in biology, checked the social media site on her cell phone while waiting for the CyRide to take her home in Ames. But not everything she read was reli
For nearly a decade, the word organic has stood for all that is wholesome and pure to the health-conscious consumer. But an emerging movement of farmers who consider themselves the real organic purists are saying their methods go “beyond organic.” Although still in its infancy, adherents to beyond o
The controversial politics surrounding same-sex marriage this election year confront Iowa businesses with a predicament international chains such as IKEA, Calvin Klein and Viacom encountered when incorporating messages for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in marketing campaigns. The d
The Johnson County Attorney's offce is seeking a retrial of the case involving University of Iowa professor, Toshiki Itoh, guilty on a charge of abusing his lab assistant.
After a five-day trial, a Johnson County District Court found Toshiki Itoh guilty on two counts of physical assault however the court failed to agree on a charge that he sexually abused his lab assistant.
In the last day of Toshiki Itoh’s exhausting trial for sexually and physically assaulting his lab assistant, the attorneys made their closing arguments and sent the jury out of the courtroom to begin a deliberation process that will continue tomorrow. Referring to a PowerPoint display of photos of t
After University of Iowa professor, Toshiki Itoh claimed self-defense during his trial, the presiding judge decided to halt proceedings after showing signs of frustration.
Testifying in his own defense in Johnson County District Court, Assistant Prof. Toshiki Itoh said Thursday he did not assault and sexually abuse his lab assistant as the woman had alleged earlier in the trial. Itoh, 47, a member of the faculty at University of Iowa’s pathology department, said he ne
University of Iowa medical personnel testified Tuesday that a lab assistant to a professor had been beaten and sexually assaulted by her supervisor numerous times over a period of one and half years in 2007 and 2008. Testifying in the trial of Assistant Professor Toshiki Itoh, 47, who is accused of
U.S. Rep. Steve King, has described the federal stimulus bill as a “non-stimulating boondoggle of liberal pet-projects and wasteful spending.” And in February of 2009, he was joined by his fellow Iowa Republicans – U.S Rep. Tom Latham and Sen. Chuck Grassley in voting against the bill. But that hasn
