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The 18-year-old Windsor Heights man who allegedly threatened a female University of Northern Iowa student and prompted the Tuesday night lockdown of all residence halls on the Cedar Falls campus is being held in the Polk County Jail on charges of first-degree harassment.

Although residence halls on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls remain in lockdown, a potential threat appears to have been averted. A man who made threats toward a female resident of Dancer Hall is currently being questioned by law enforcement, according to eyewitnesses.
Update 7:54 p.m. — Campus is no longer [...]

The U.S. Department of Justice has just announced that the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls will receive a grant of $999,909. The funds are earmarked for reduction of violent crimes against women under a flagship project.
UNI will serve as the lead institution for this new project that involves creation of a Regents Campus [...]

The face of Iowa is rapidly evolving. And, as with any major change, our communities have both challenges and treasures strewn out before them.
Two-thirds of Iowa’s population growth between 1990 and 2005 was fueled by immigration. Latinos are the state’s fastest growing population segment, their numbers increasing by 234 percent in 15 years. It is [...]