Iowa manufacturers are being squeezed by the highest domestic steel prices in four years, driven by high tariffs and tight domestic supplies. Peter Orazem, the interim chair of economics at Iowa State University, says U.S.-produced hot-rolled coil steel is the standard for pricing and it’s approaching $1,400 per ton. “That’s about three times the price […]
ISU professor in critical condition, accused in wife’s murder
Ames police say an Iowa State University professor is hospitalized after shooting himself while trying to avoid arrest for the murder
