University of Iowa employee accused of pocketing nearly $1 million

State Auditor Rob Sand says a recently dismissed University of Iowa employee “pocketed nearly a million dollars” by using public equipment and public employees for his own business. Brian Busch was the manager of the Department of Physics and Astronomy Machine Shop. “He would have employees handle the work on university-owned machines while on the […]

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Norma Jean Gerke, 84, Newell

Norma Jean Gerke, age 84, of Newell, Iowa died April 14, 2026 at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral

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