The debut novel from a University of Iowa creative writing instructor has cracked the New York Times’ best-seller list and Kaveh Akbar will headline the Celebration of Literary Arts in the Des Moines metro today. The book “Martyr!” is fictional but follows the true-life 1988 American downing of an Iranian passenger jet that killed 290 […]
Former Humdoldt teacher sentenced on sexual exploitation charge
A former middle school teacher in the Humboldt Community School District has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after