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Iowa State football, women’s basketball enjoy full-circle moment for Caden Kock and family

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Iowa State football, women’s basketball enjoy full-circle moment for Caden Kock and family

Caden Kock, a junior safety for Iowa State football, is the son of former Cyclone athletes Ryan and Katie Kock.
The couple balanced parenthood, sports, and academics with help from teammates, coaches, and family.
Caden grew up around the Iowa State athletic department and is now creating his own legacy on the football team.

AMES — Regardless of the result, Ryan and Katie (née Robinette) Kock always used to look forward to the little nugget waiting for them at the end of the tunnel or outside of locker rooms at Hilton Coliseum and Jack Trice Stadium — their son, Caden.

More than two decades later, Ryan and Katie Kock get to return the favor for Caden, who is all grown up and now a member of the Iowa State football team.

“At every game, he was waiting for you when you come out, and now we still wait for Caden and talk to him after the games,” Ryan Kock said. “You think back, Caden was just the little guy waiting for me to come out. Then, we’d do the same for Katie after her games. These memories will be with you forever.”

Ryan was a key football player for Iowa State and broke a 45-year-old program record for rushing touchdowns by a Cyclone fullback during his senior season. Meanwhile, Katie was once the No. 1 girls high school basketball recruit nationally and became an All-Big 12 player while in Ames.

They were able to enjoy successful playing careers, while balancing parenthood, sports, school and all that comes with being college students. The couple first met as sophomores and when they were both 20, Katie Kock gave birth to Caden on Oct. 23, 2003.

His parents never pressured him to go to Iowa State, but cardinal and gold were already embedded in his DNA, so the decision was easy. Now, he is enjoying his own chapter as an Iowa State football player.

“I’d have no idea how I’d be able to handle that type of responsibility right now if I was in that situation, that would be very stressful and I’m glad that they were able to do it,” Caden Kock, a junior safety, said. “It does give me a real big appreciation for them and admiration with how they were able to do that. It probably took a lot of time management, a lot of sacrifices, I’m sure, and I’m really grateful and impressed with how they were able to do that.”

It’s a unique circumstance, and while Ryan and Katie Kock both rose to the occasion over 20 years ago, they couldn’t have done it without the help of family — whether it be by blood or their Cyclone family.

Caden Kock’s extended “family” includes parents’ former Iowa State teammates, coaches

Caden Kock didn’t have your run-of-the-mill teenage babysitter; he got to have various Division I football and women’s basketball players, and a few coaches, help take care of him.

One day, it could be hulking 6-foot-3, 305-pound lineman Luke Vander Sanden keeping watch, or multi-year starting wing Mary Fox and two-time All-Big 12 guard Lyndsey Medders playing with him while his parents were in class.

Hilton Coliseum and Jack Trice Stadium became his playpens. To this day, he still sometimes refers to his mother’s teammates as his aunts, which in turn made his father’s teammates like his uncles.

“We had a blast with Caden,” said Lyndsey Fennelly (née Medders). “I think just the people that Ryan and Katie are, were and will always be, made people want to say we will do whatever we can to help. I don’t want to minimize it; they did all the heavy lifting. They had him every waking moment that school and basketball didn’t otherwise allow for, or football in Ryan’s case.”

Ryan Kock hailed from approximately one hour away in Lohrville, while Katie Kock was originally from South Sioux City, Nebraska, a three-hour drive from Iowa State. Caden Kock’s grandparents were frequent visitors and helped take care of him while he was an infant, but they couldn’t always be in Ames.

Fortunately for Katie and Ryan Kock, their sports seasons didn’t overlap too much, but there were still workouts, practices, class, travel and day-to-day scheduling conflicts to navigate. They didn’t need to look far for a babysitter, nor did they have to worry about extensively vetting them either.

“When you recruit someone, you’re always telling the parents that we’re going to take care of your daughter,” said Iowa State longtime women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly, who changed a couple of Caden Kock’s diapers back in the day. “It’s our responsibility. … They always say it takes a village and the village was the Iowa State athletic department, especially women’s basketball and football, and everyone surrounding that. Everyone was so excited to help.”

Caden Kock became a normal part of both programs. There were times when the women’s basketball team practiced that he was cradled in the arms of an assistant coach or manager. Some fans even came bearing gifts for him, presenting his mother blankets or posters. He was also a welcome presence in the football team’s locker room after summer workouts.

Sometimes, his babysitters had a bit too much fun with little Caden in an attempt to rib his parents. Katie Kock’s sisters once dressed him up in an Iowa State cheerleader outfit. A couple of women’s basketball players once painted his toenails in a prank to stir a reaction from Ryan Kock.

Caden Kock even demonstrated some advanced reading skills as a young child.

“They told me that they trained me how to fetch beer from the fridge,” he said with a sly grin. “I think that’s a cool story from when I was young.”

Lyndsey Fennelly admitted to being the mastermind behind painting his toenails as a prank, but no one has taken responsibility for who taught him how to read beer can labels. Although the Kocks have a couple of ideas.

“He was a college kid before he ever went to college,” Katie Kock joked. “That was part of the deal, we’d have time off in the summertime. He was always safe, loved and well-cared for; it was not a party scene.”

Katie Kock worked her way back to the basketball court just a couple of months after giving birth. By the second semester of that season, she was playing in every game, much to her teammates and coaches’ amazement. Ryan Kock continued to blossom on the gridiron.

As their former teammates later started having families of their own, they grew further impressed by the Kocks’ ability to juggle all the responsibilities of being a student-athlete while being a parent. They also did it while working part-time during the offseason. Ryan Kock got a job framing apartments, while Katie worked in leasing apartments.

“It’s not like there was any NIL money available back then for babies’ needs, diapers and all that stuff,” former Cyclone football coach Dan McCarney said. “I remember Ryan was working a job in the summertime after workouts just to literally pay for diapers. In those situations, you’d love to help, but the NCAA didn’t allow it. All it did was just enhance your respect for the both of them together in making the commitment they did.”

They held themselves to a high standard and didn’t ask for special treatment or slack off in practice or class. They both graduated on time. Katie Kock was first in 2005, and Ryan followed in 2006.

“I know our focus shifted from being a traditional college student-athlete to Caden and what we need to do to give him the best life, the best parents,” Katie Kock said. “Like anything else, we were going to try our best. During that time I was pregnant, I did a lot of learning about what it takes to be a mom, how to take care of a baby and all of those things. We both just dug in and added parent to the resume.”

Where is Iowa State football’s No. 35?

Every Saturday in the fall, it is a game that everyone who has some sort of connection to the Kock family will play. Who can find No. 35 first?

“Even now, I’ll be in the crowd, and my phone will blow up,” Katie Kock said. “Whether they’re sitting in the stadium, or from their couch or whatever, if they spot him, they take the time to snap a picture and send it. ‘It’s our guy, it’s so cool! He looks just like Ryan out there.’ It’s been really special, it’s been a fun couple of years, and we’re just trying to soak it all in and enjoy it.”

When she attends a football game, Lyndsey Fennelly will sometimes peer over at the section of Jack Trice Stadium where the women’s basketball team used to sit with baby Caden, taking turns holding him and feeding him a snack. To her, it’s still surreal that the baby she once held is now looking to make a big hit on an opponent.

“The sort of gotcha moment that I had was two years ago at a women’s basketball reunion, when it’s Katie Robinette, Mary Fox and myself, and then there’s Caden at a restaurant with us, holding court and having a good time,” Lyndsey Fennelly said. “You’re kind of like, ‘holy buckets.’ This is everything college sports, family and connectedness, and being an Iowa State Cyclone. This is what it’s all about right here.”

Some of Caden Kock’s greatest memories growing up were attending games at Jack Trice Stadium and Hilton Coliseum all throughout his childhood and through his teenage years. He loved watching Breece Hall, Brock Purdy and Hakeem Butler, and he’s relishing in his opportunity to make memorable moments on the field, too.

Known for his tenacious work ethic and never-back-down attitude, he started earning a piece of the action during the 2024 season on special teams.

He is a fixture on the Cyclones’ kick return, punt return, and kickoff units, in addition to his spot as a reserve safety.

Off the field, the junior finance major was named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll three times for his academic performance.

“He’s been a foundational staple of what this culture is about, what this program’s about and we’re really grateful for him,” Cyclones coach Matt Campbell said. “I can imagine the pride his parents must have in watching not only him walk-on, but him walk-on and be such a difference-maker on such good teams here at Iowa State. He was a year ago, and he is now again today.”

The younger Kock has never felt like he was in his parents’ shadows, but is instead embracing the opportunity of having his own journey at Iowa State. He still runs into the women’s basketball team coaching staff, who once helped care for him as a baby, and it’s always a joyful reunion. Ames has always felt like home for him.

“I knew if I ever had the opportunity to come to Iowa State, I was definitely going to take it, just because I spent so much time in Ames and we were Iowa State fans, and my parents played here,” Caden Kock said. “It’s been awesome, the opportunity of a lifetime. I feel like I’ve grown a lot as a person, learned a lot and I feel lucky to be here.”

There will be more on the way. His younger sister Ali is enrolling at Iowa State as a freshman next year. It’s possible that his other siblings, Chloe and Bode, become Cyclones too, but they have a few years of high school left before they start thinking of the college process.

Ryan Kock took over his family’s seed business and runs a farm and also works as a Farm Bureau insurance agent. Katie Kock is still around the basketball court. She serves as the varsity coach at Carroll High School, where her daughters are on the team.

“Nothing was planned, but obviously God had more plans than we realized, and it’s worked out great,” Ryan Kock said.

Who doesn’t love a happy ending?

“There’s a lot of these kinds of stories that don’t turn out as positively as this one,” Bill Fennelly said. “Great family that’s grown and had success, and all of a sudden, Caden ends up where he belongs in an Iowa State uniform. It’s been an amazing journey for them. Two phenomenal young people that at a young time in their life who figured it out and made it work. They didn’t just make it work, they made it great and couldn’t be more proud.”

Eugene Rapay covers Iowa State athletics for the Des Moines Register. Contact Eugene at erapay@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @erapay5.

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‘¿Habla español?’ Iowa schools look overseas to find Spanish teachers

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‘¿Habla español?’ Iowa schools look overseas to find Spanish teachers

The Exchange Visiting Teachers from Spain helps schools find qualified Spanish teachers.
World language teaching positions are hard to fill in rural areas.

The sounds of Dallas Center-Grimes High School Spanish students singing “¿Por Que Te Vas?” by Jeanette with varying levels of gusto and prodding by teacher Antton Zuazu Hernández may seem like an unusual way to learn.

But the sing-along is how Zuazu Hernández, a native of Spain, helps engage his students and share his culture as part of a teacher-exchange program.

“I feel I’m a messenger in a way, and this is part of the program,” he said. “We’re expected to both bring our culture here and bring your culture back to Spain.”

Zuazu Hernández — who taught English in Spain — is among 26 bilingual teachers in Iowa as part of an exchange program between the Iowa Department of Education and Spain’s Ministry of Education and Culture.

“(The program) was created to address the shortage of qualified Spanish teachers in the state and helps expose students to different world cultures,” said Heather Doe, the department’s spokesperson. “… The Exchange Visiting Teachers from Spain program has been very successful in helping schools, especially in rural communities, hire highly qualified Spanish teachers.”

Iowa has nearly 1,200 world language teachers in kindergarten through college, according to the Iowa World Language Association website.

Some foreign language teachers in Iowa moved to the U.S. and later obtained teaching credentials. Others were recruited to work in Iowa schools.

Iowa schools, including Waukee Community School District, even offer financial incentives as a recruitment tool for hard to fill positions.

“Many of them, like me, will arrive with teaching experience from our home countries, but in the process of validating the credentials in the U.S. we find obstacles,” said Elizabeth Bulthuis, a Waukee High School world languages teacher who immigrated from Ecuador in 2003, “and the validating of credentials also can be lengthy and costly, because of all the educational systems and how they are structured differently.”

Exchange program is beneficial to schools, superintendent

The Spain exchange program — which brings hundreds of teachers to schools across the U.S. — comes with several requirements.

The Spanish teachers must be certified in the language with at least two years of experience, Doe said. Additionally, candidates go through a vetting process at the federal, state and local levels. Teachers also attend a three-day state orientation.

Schools and districts participating in the program pay an $895 fee to offset licensing and orientation costs, Doe said.

The program is a blessing for rural areas struggling to fill positions teaching foreign language, special education, math and science.

“It’s very difficult to even get an applicant,” said Deron Stender, the superintendent at the rural Creston Community School District, “… When I say it’s difficult to even find (the candidates) they don’t exist. And if they do, they’re probably going to be in a larger metro, urban, suburban areas where there’s just more opportunities.”

St. Anthony’s conducts bilingual class for its students

St. Anthony’s Catholic school brings Spanish speaking teachers to the U.S. to teach students the language.

Zuazu Hernández taught Spanish and drove a bus at Creston during the 2024-25 school year. But falling enrollment and budget cuts resulted in his position being eliminated.

A program drawback is teachers only have three-year visas, he said.

“When you have a very good individual that comes to your district from a foreign country after the third year, you still have that need again,” Stender said. “So, we just open it back up to the same program, but you’re doing another refresh of the process, and while that’s a challenge, it’s still better than not having a teacher in the classroom.”

Not every world language teacher comes from Spain

Another issue schools have faced is filling teaching positions for immersion programs.

In the early 2000s, St. Anthony’s started a Spanish-immersion program after several families with children of Honduras and Guatemala descent wanted their kids to have a Catholic school education and maintain their connection to the Spanish language.

“A lot of teachers go to school to teach Spanish, but they go to school to teach it as a standalone Spanish class,” principal Jennifer Raes said. “… We were really searching for teachers that could come here and teach in any subject, just a regular teacher, but also has the skills of teaching in Spanish and English.”

Marisol Guerra, a Honduras native, came to the U.S. in 2010 to help start St. Anthony’s program. Guerra manage to come to the U.S. as part of that year’s Spain exchange program cohort.

More than a decade later, the school offers classes in English and an immersive track where 85% of the students’ day is spent learning in Spanish. While families were hesitant in the beginning to take part in the immersion program, there is now a waitlist of almost a dozen families.

“There was uncertainty, (but) they wanted their children to learn a second language,” Guerra said, “and they wanted without knowing, I think, they also were exposing them to other cultures and opening their minds to other things.”

The over the years, St. Anthony’s has employed teachers who moved to America from Spain, Mexico and other Latin American countries.

The over representation of teachers from Spain likely is due to other countries not offering similar exchange programs, said Bulthuis, a member of the Iowa World Language Association.

It took several years for the veteran teacher — who came to Iowa in 2005 — to become credentialed to teach in the U.S. because she was not part of an exchange program.

“I think that world language teachers can be difficult to recruit because the pool of candidates is relatively small, so teachers need a strong language proficiency, cultural knowledge and all the teaching certifications,” said Bulthuis, who left Ecuador in 2003 because of the country’s financial crisis, “(but) many people who speak another language also have opportunity in other careers.”

Bulthuis does not recommend loosening the criteria to teach in Iowa but suggests improving or streamlining the process for an international teacher to obtain a state teaching license.

“… Not every Spanish speaking country is going to have (an exchange) program like that in place to help their community,” Bulthuis said,

Cultural exchange

Educators say employing international teachers goes beyond language skills.

“International educators can bring tremendous cultural and linguistic expertise to the classroom, which is an incredible skill and very valuable for students,” Bulthuis said.

That cultural exchange can carry over into a school’s lesson plans.

Zuazu Hernández often lets his American students’ interests drive what he teaches them about Spanish culture. These questions have ranged from wanting more insight into bullfighting, the Spanish school system, stereotypes and politics.

“Sometimes, they are more interested in me as a person, or the things I can tell them about Spain than the actual Spanish language,” he said, “but they have that curiosity that I think all teachers, we have to take advantage of.”

While reading “¡Viva el toro!” by Lisa Ray Turner and Blaine Ray, a novel about bullfighting, Zuazu Hernández talked to students about his family’s love of the cultural spectacle and how it is losing popularity in Spain because of how the bulls are treated.

Zuazu Hernández is open about his perspective on the practice to his students.

“To me, bullfighting is not worth sustaining just because it’s a tradition — traditions are not always good or acceptable — but rather because it’s an art, and it expands the depth of human understanding of the most intense truths in life, with death as the scariest of all,” he told the Des Moines Register in an email.

His students appreciate his candidness and the chance to learn from teachers with different lived experiences.

“I like having different teachers because they have different experiences, and I think it adds to the overall class,” said Grace Heston, an 11th grader Dallas Center-Grimes High School. “When you’re learning about Spanish, you’re not just learning about a language, you’re learning about the culture associated with it.”

Samantha Hernandez covers education for the Register. Reach her at (515) 851-0982 or svhernandez@gannett.com.

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NCAA Wrestling Championships at-large bids announced

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NCAA Wrestling Championships at-large bids announced

The 330 wrestlers competing in Cleveland at the NCAA Championships are now set.

After the conference tournaments established the lion’s share of wrestlers, the NCAA announced the at-large bids on Tuesday, March 10, completing the rest of the field.

Brackets and seeds will be announced on March 10, but here’s a look at the contingents each state of Iowa program will be sending after the at-large bids were announced.

Iowa wrestling NCAA qualifiers

For the third year in a row, Iowa wrestling will be sending nine to the NCAA Championships. Victor Voinovich did not earn an at-large bid at 157 pounds after finishing ninth at the Big Ten Championships, one place outside of NCAA automatic qualification. He concludes his season with a 12-6 record.

Voinovich narrowly earned the starting job over Jordan Williams at 157, with Iowa coach Tom Brands saying it was very close, but Voinovich had shown a little more “fight” this year. Now that Voinovich hasn’t qualified for NCAAs, it’s a decision that will go further under the microscope.

What’s done is done, however, for Iowa. They’ll take Dean Peterson (125), Drake Ayala (133), Nasir Bailey (141), Ryder Block (149), Michael Caliendo (165), Patrick Kennedy (174), Angelo Ferrari (184), Gabe Arnold (197) and Ben Kueter (285) to Cleveland in hopes of salvaging what has been a tough season.

Iowa State wrestling NCAA qualifiers

For the first time since 2010, Iowa State will send all 10 wrestlers to the NCAA Championships. Vinny Zerban earned an at-large bid at 157 pounds despite falling short of the automatic qualifying threshold at the Big 12 Championships. Zerban suffered a concussion and medically forfeited out of the tournament after his first match in Tulsa. His health status will be worth monitoring NCAAs inch closer, from March 19-22.

The Cyclones look poised for one of their best postseasons in recent memory with their 10 qualifiers ―Stevo Poulin (125), Garrett Grice (133), Anthony Echemendia (141), Jacob Frost (149), Zerban, Connor Euton (165), MJ Gaitan (174), Isaac Dean (184), Rocky Elam (197) and Yonger Bastida (285). The loss of Evan Frost hurts the Cyclones, considering his pedigree and season as a whole, but Grice’s has earned several ranked wins since entering the lineup in February and could still add some much-needed team points as the team chases a team trophy.

Behind title contenders Elam and Bastida, proven podium threats in Poulin, Echemnedia, Jacob Frost and Zerban (if healthy), Iowa State will be in the mix for a top-four finish in Cleveland.

UNI wrestling NCAA qualifiers

Northern Iowa will send five to the NCAA Championships. Automatic qualifiers Julian Farber (133), Caleb Rathjen (149) and Ryder Downey (165) will be joined by Jared Simma (174) and Nick Fox (184), who each earned at-large bids. The number of qualifiers could extend to six, with Trever Anderson (125) being the alternate at 125 pounds for NCAAs. However, he had to medically forfeit out of the Big 12 Championships, so his health status would be in question if he got called up.

With that, Max Brady (141), Cael Rahnavardi (157), John Gunderson (197) and Adam Ahrendsen (285) will have their seasons come to an end. Brady, a true freshman, will still have three NCAA chances in his career after showing promising moments in relief of Cory Land’s season-ending injury. Gunderson, a U23 World team member, will return for next season as well. Rahnavardi and Ahrendsen were both in their final seasons of eligibility.

Following injuries to Land and Wyatt Voelker, it’s been a hard year for the Panthers. This is half the number of NCAA qualifiers that UNI had last season when they qualified 10 for the first time since 1986. The last time UNI had five or fewer qualifiers was 2016.

However, all five of their wrestlers have each shown moments of brilliance, either this season or in prior NCAA Championships. They may be a smaller crew than normal, but Downey, Rathjen, Farber, Simma and Fox are all ones to watch in Cleveland.

Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.

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DCI agent say he was fired for questioning Iowa college gambling probe

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March 10, 2026

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DCI agent say he was fired for questioning Iowa college gambling probe

A former Iowa investigator is suing the state, claiming he was fired for criticizing a high-profile college sports gambling probe.
Mark Ludwick alleges his termination was retaliation for testifying that investigators conducted illegal searches and were told to mislead students.
The gambling investigation, which led to charges against dozens of student-athletes, has faced legal challenges over its methods.

A longtime investigator for the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says he was forced out of the agency because he voiced reservations about a high-profile investigation into gambling in college athletics.

Mark Ludwick was hired by Iowa’s top investigative agency in 1997 and was terminated in November 2024, according to a lawsuit filed Feb. 20 in Polk County. According to his complaint, Ludwick was fired after two “frivolous” investigations, one claiming he’d exceeded the speed limit driving to a murder scene, and the other for assistance he provided to a domestic abuse victim.

The real reason, Ludwick alleges, is that officials were embarrassed after Ludwick testified under oath about what he regarded as weaknesses in their sports wagering investigation, which resulted in dozens of Iowa State University and University of Iowa student-athletes facing suspensions, 25 being criminally charged and 19 pleading guilty to underage gambling.

Ludwick testified in early 2024 he believed investigators had conducted illegal searches to identify the online gamblers and that he and other agents had been directed to lie to students about whether they were subjects of the investigation. He also alleged that stress about the case contributed to another agent’s fatal heart attack, although the agent’s relatives disputed the connection.

Now Ludwick is accusing the state of violating Iowa’s whistleblower protection statute. He declined through his attorney to comment. The Iowa Attorney General’s Office also declined to comment, and the Iowa Department of Public Safety, which includes the DCI, did not respond to an inquiry about the case.

Gambling investigation raised constitutional concerns

In the gambling investigation, DCI investigators used software tools provided by GeoComply, a Canadian company that contracts with online sportsbooks like FanDuel and DraftKings, to look for evidence of illegal gambling activity. Using a GeoComply system, the investigators created a so-called “geofence” around college athletic facilities that allowed them to detect student athletes using wagering accounts registered to parents and friends to place bets ― sometimes on their own games.

Although the investigation resulted in numerous arrests and suspensions, it also drew controversy, in particular for agents’ failure to obtain warrants before conducting their location searches. GeoComply, which had encouraged Iowa to use its service, responded by cancelling the state’s access.

A large group of current and former students sued the state, accusing investigators of violating their constitutional rights. In November 2025, a federal judge ruled that the state’s investigation “does not comport with the Fourth Amendment,” which provides protection from illegal searches.

Nonetheless, the court dismissed the lawsuit, finding the officers involved were entitled to immunity. An appeal is pending.

Ludwick’s reservations emerge in depositions

Ludwick was an experienced investigator for the DCI, working on high-profile cases including the 2015 murder of Shirley Carter, whose son was tried and acquitted, and the 2017 deaths of two girls in a fire started by a relative.

While not the lead agent on the 2023 gambling investigation, Ludwick was tapped to assist by interviewing some of the student athletes. He later testified he grew concerned that the state’s geofence searches amounted to illegal, warrantless searches, and declined to participate in the case any further. He alleges that other DCI agents shared his concerns and also maneuvered to avoid being involved in the case.

Ludwick says he reported his concerns to his superiors. In January 2024, he was deposed by defense attorneys for four of the students, and “testified truthfully during his deposition that he believed an illegal search had been conducted.” Defense attorneys cited Ludwick’s remarks within days in filings covered by numerous media outlets, including the Des Moines Register, which “caused embarrassment and increased scrutiny for the Iowa Department of Public Safety, Commissioner Bayens, and other employees,” Ludwick’s suit states.

According to the complaint, officials launched an investigation into Ludwick for speeding on March 5, weeks after the embarrassing testimony was reported. On Aug. 8, officials initiated a second investigation after, Ludwick says, “he attempted to help a victim of domestic abuse flee her abuser.” He denies his actions violated Iowa law or department policy.

William Morris covers courts for the Des Moines Register. He can be contacted at wrmorris2@registermedia.com or 715-573-8166.

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