Iowa Wesleyan University was the only college freshman Emma Soukup applied to and visited, her heart set on the private university in Mount Pleasant, one of Iowa's oldest. It's close to home and some ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — A day after Iowa Wesleyan University announced it would close its doors, students are left to figure out where they'll finish their degrees. The university, which has been ...

Shocked, upset and confused are the alumni in regard to the shrinking of Iowa Wesleyan College. Years ago at my previous home, I traveled a lot and told business friends in other states, mostly in the ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (KWWL) – The second-oldest university in the state of Iowa and one of the oldest west of the Mississippi River is closing its doors at the end of the academic year. Iowa Wesleyan ...

One of the oldest universities west of the Mississippi and the second-oldest in the state — Iowa Wesleyan University — is closing 181 years after it opened in 1842. The private liberal arts ...