Attack on UI Camper in Downtown Iowa City Being Treated as Sexual Assault: Iowa City Daily News Links, July 18

Could go for some cooler temperatures any time now...

On to the Links!

Lee Hermiston of the Gazette has reported the investigation assault of a student visiting the University of Iowa for journalism camp is being treated as a sexual assault investigation.  

Iowa City Police are still looking for the final suspect in the armed home invasion earlier this week. (KCRG)

Wooly mammoth remains have been discovered in Mahaska County. (KCRG)

President Sally Mason says the Gateway Project to raise Dubuque Street would benefit the University of Iowa. (Daily Iowan)

North Liberty is looking to catch up after their population is outgrowing their water supply and wastewater facilities. (Press-Citizen)

The agent who pursued Gov. Branstad's speeding SUV has been sacked. (Press-Citizen) 

Trial pushed back for the employee who stabbed a customer in Red Pepper Deli and Grill. (Press-Citizen)

University of Iowa's third vice president presented his case on campus. (Press-Citizen)

West High's softball team fell just short of heading to state. (Press-Citizen)

Regina has a new volleyball coach. (Press-Citizen)

Here's a Daily Iowan preview of this week's Sidewalk Sales.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

Lt. Doug Hart, commander of the department's investigations unit, said police were called to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics at about 4:30 p.m. Monday for a "sex/rape" incident. Hart said "sex/rape" refers to a broad category of offenses and, in this case, police are investigating the alleged assault as an assault with intent to commit sex abuse.

Police said the assault occurred in an alley in downtown Iowa City around 1 p.m. on Monday. Hart described the victim as a "juvenile male" and his attacker has been described a white man with a thin build and approximately 6'3". Hart said he didn't have any information on the assailant's age. The boy was a participant in a summer camp sponsored by the university.

Authorities are saying little about what has led them to investigate the incident as an assault with intent to commit sex abuse.

"The circumstances, as they were reported to us, from the victim," Hart said.