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Justice Department Opens Investigation into Des Moines Public Schools for Race-Based Employment Practices

Justice Department Opens Investigation into Des Moines Public Schools for Race-Based Employment Practices

Today, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division launched an investigation into Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) to determine whether it engages in employment practices that discriminate based on race, color, and national origin in violation...

Owner:  American Government
ICE Arrests Criminal Alien Serving as Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent; Prior Weapons Charges and In Possession of Loaded Handgun at Time of Arrest

ICE Arrests Criminal Alien Serving as Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent; Prior Weapons Charges and In Possession of Loaded Handgun at Time of Arrest

Guyana National tried to evade arrest, Officers discovered his abandoned vehicle in a wooded area September 26, 2025: Ian Andre Roberts September 26, 2025: Loaded handgun found in vehicle February 2020: Ian Andre Roberts DES MOINES, Iowa — ICE Des...

Owner:  American Government
Two Iowa students named as U.S. Presidential Scholars

Two Iowa students named as U.S. Presidential Scholars

The Iowa Department of Education has announced today that two Iowa students from the class of 2025 have been selected for this year’s U.S. Presidential Scholars program. Chosen by the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Presidential Scholars...

Owner:  American Government
ICE Detains Superintendent of Iowa's Largest School District
ICE detains leader of Iowa’s largest school district, calls him alien
ICE Detains Iowa School District Leader
Iowa Department of Education earns $43 million multi-year federal grant to support high-quality public charter schools

Iowa Department of Education earns $43 million multi-year federal grant to support high-quality public charter schools

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today announced the state was awarded a multi-year competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Education totaling more than $43 million over five years to support the success of high-quality...

Owner:  American Government
GEAR UP Iowa helps students in Clinton unwrap their future

GEAR UP Iowa helps students in Clinton unwrap their future

When students at Clinton High School were handed bananas with their lunch this week, they were receiving more than a healthy snack. Each banana had a motivational or informative message written on the peel to highlight upcoming opportunities to...

Owner:  American Government
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Des Moines schools leader held by ICE steps down as he fights deportation

Des Moines schools leader held by ICE steps down as he fights deportation

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines public schools superintendent who has been detained by immigration authorities submitted his resignation Tuesday while he focuses on challenging his looming deportation, his lawyer said. Ian Roberts had been...

Owner:  Byron Allen
Des Moines superintendent resigns, as questions mount about how he was hired in Maryland

Des Moines superintendent resigns, as questions mount about how he was hired in Maryland

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, who was detained by immigration agents, is officially resigning from his position, according to his lawyer during a press conference Tuesday. However, during the...

Owner:  Smith Family
Des Moines Public School Board accepts superintendent's resignation after ICE arrest

Des Moines Public School Board accepts superintendent's resignation after ICE arrest

The Des Moines school board accepted Superintendent Ian Roberts’ resignation after his license was revoked and DHS said he was not eligible to work in the U.S. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Des Moines Public Schools board has...

Owner:  Murdoch Family
DOJ Opens Probe Into Des Moines Schools As Illegal Alien Superintendent Resigns

DOJ Opens Probe Into Des Moines Schools As Illegal Alien Superintendent Resigns

The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Des Moines Public Schools in the wake of immigration enforcement agents’ arrest last week of the district’s superintendent, Ian Roberts. DOJ says investigators will be looking into whether...

Owner:  Ben Domenech & Sean Davis

Des Moines Superintendent Arrested By ICE Resigns From DMPS

Sioux City, Iowa (RI) — The school superintendent who’s in a western Iowa jail after being arrested by immigration agents last Friday is fighting a deportation order — but not his dismissal from Des Moines public schools. Alfredo Parrish is one of...

Owner:  Neil W. Lipetzky, Dean Sorenson & Duane D. Butt
Editorial: The wild case of Ian Roberts, Des Moines school superintendent, illustrates how employers ignore immigration law
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Iowa ‘Criminal Illegal Alien’ School Superintendent Is On Maryland’s Active Voter List

Iowa ‘Criminal Illegal Alien’ School Superintendent Is On Maryland’s Active Voter List

The former Des Moines Public Schools superintendent facing deportation after being taken into custody on charges of being in the county illegally has turned out to be a poster child for cleaning up dirty state voter rolls. The case of Ian Andre...

Owner:  Ben Domenech & Sean Davis
Iowa law requires schools to test for radon, but no one is making sure they do

Iowa law requires schools to test for radon, but no one is making sure they do

When a pulmonologist told Gail Orcutt she had lung cancer in May 2010, the non-smoker was shocked. She began researching and quickly learned about radon and its prevalence in Iowa, where she lived her entire life. She tested both her childhood and...

Owner:  Iowa Public Radio Inc.
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