Top 9 of Iowa: City Buys AR-15s, UI Sorry After Email Blast of 2,000 GPAs, Garden Hater Fights Back, Super Bowl Surprise

Why nine? Because the Patch community includes nine sites in Iowa: Ames, Ankeny, Cedar Falls, Iowa City, Johnston, Marion, Urbandale, Waukee and West Des Moines.

9. In Waukee, leaders are still making changes to the design of a new library addition after bids came in over budget and were rejected this week by city officials.

8. The Marion City Council decided to pick up the tab for the 32 semi-automatic rifles, which will be become standard issue for Marion Police officers. The city had recently come under public scrutiny after it became public that the officers were expected to pay for the weapons.

7. A West Des Moines resident decided to withdraw his complaint to city officials that his neighbors created an eyesore by growing corn and other decorative vegetables in front of their house.

6. University of Iowa in Iowa City had to and other private student information

5. A surprise shopping trip to an Urbandale furniture store wasn't quite what one couple bargained for on Saturday. Roxanne Troutman surprised her husband, David, by taking him to the Homemakers Furniture store to buy a new reclining chair - just in time for Sunday's Super Bowl.

4. While it's not a surprise that Johnston High School is home to bright students, the school now proudly boasts six National Merit Scholarship finalists. Click here to see who.

3. Ankeny school district residents have voted to pass a $15.9 million bond referendum for a new elementary school. It will finance the construction of the district's tenth elementary school.

2. An Ames woman with documented mental health problems brought on by childhood trauma was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for setting a fire in St. Thomas Aquinas Church in September.

1. William Ruud was selected this week to be the new president of University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Ruud is currently the president of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. Ruud will replace Ben Allen, who is stepping down.

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