The University of Iowa football team’s first mascot was a live black bear cub named Burch, who served as the team mascot from 1908 to 1910. Coach Mark Catlin Sr. acquired Burch in 1908 and ...

When Iowa Wesleyan closed earlier this year, the UI Registrar became the custodian of over 40,000 student transcripts, dating back to the college's founding in 1842.

Herky has not just been a recent image for Iowa, either. He first appeared in a cartoon back in 1948, which was followed by his first mascot appearance in 1959. Nowadays, Herky is often seen ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — Following the closure of Iowa Wesleyan University in May and a subsequent auction, the remaining items on campus are being given away to the community in a series of ...

Looking back on a year since the Iowa Wesleyan University campus closed after 181 years. In the back of a construction equipment auction house in Mount Pleasant, there is a row of storage units.

Iowa Wesleyan University announced its closure one year ago and since then campus buildings in Mt. Pleasant have been sold and the university archives have been divided. There are efforts to try ...