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 […]
Court: Case challenging Black Hawk County jail fees can go forward
A federal appeals court has ruled a lawsuit against Black Hawk County for fees charged to jail inmates can proceed. The
