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Recipents of Dexter Laundry Inc. scholarships are: from left, seated, Seth Jensen, Paige Jensen and Mariah Creamer, with, standing, Dexter Laundry President Andy Kretz and Dexter Laundry Director of Human Resources Todd Reifsteck.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- While University of Northern Iowa President William Ruud is looking forward to UNI's future, Ruud said he's also willing to review and potentially revive cut programs, "whether it's K-12 laboratory education or the baseball team."

Ross Himlie of Rushford, Minn. participated in the 31st session of M.A.I.P.P. The institute utilizes the facilities of the University of Northern Iowa to bring this unique educational experience to photographers.

About a dozen women learned how to plant tomatoes in containers this past week at La Luz Hispana, one of many classes offered since the center opened March 27. With help from interpreter Samantha Kohls, Dennis Carlson of Iowa State University Extension in Franklin County went through the process step by step.

Instructor Trevor Sniegowski of Swisher helps Candis Hansen-Roegler, 7 , measure a plant in the garden as Enrique Rogel, 7, looks on during Kids on Course summer day camp at Harrison Elementary School on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Cedar Rapids.

Kaitlin Rear and Tim Zern of Cedar Falls were united in marriage on Saturday, May 18. The Rev.

The bride-to-be is a 2008 graduate of Fairfield High School and has a bachelor's degree from the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.

It wasn't just students that said goodbye to the Valley High School last week, but several longtime staff members as well as they closed the door to their classrooms for the final time.

Their combined watershed drains about one-fifth of the entire state and runs through the heart of Eastern Iowa.

The Iowa Waste Reduction Center has received a United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development grant to institute the Iowa Construction and Demolition Waste Reduction Project.

A trio of Iowa-based religious scholars penned an op-ed in a local paper this week, reminding readers that despite popular opinion, the Bible does not simply define marriage as between one man and one woman.

Alfred Raye Albert , 59, of Golden Valley Mn, formerly of Hudson passed away peacefully on May 26, 2013 at home surrounded by his family and devoted friends.

Mike and Cindy Skopec of Traer are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Andrea, to Jake Hutchison, son of Joe and Kim Hutchison of Dike.

Dozens of people made there way to Cedar Falls this afternoon to shop at College Hill's first farmers market.

University of Northern Iowa alumni welcomed the school's new president, 66-year-old William Ruud, to campus with a reception in his honor on Thursday.

Politicians talk a lot about promoting STEM education. Kids steeped in science, technology, engineering and mathematics will be tomorrow's innovators and leaders.

Demonstrators gather near the steps of the old Capitol during a rally protesting proposed tuition increases at the University of Iowa on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, in Iowa City, Iowa.

Regent Bruce Rastetter pledged to continue efforts to increase transparency at Iowa's public universities on the day he was named president of the Iowa Board of Regents.

Here's what many Millennials don't like: the "closed-minded, racist, rigid, old-fashioned" GOP.

Two new members on the board that governs Iowa's public universities will have a chance to make their mark on tuition, transparency and budget issues before the Senate votes on their confirmation early next year.