The school board changed the mascot to the Red Hawks a few years ago. But then there was a shift on the school board, and a majority Republican board of education changed it back to the Redmen.

For a time, the school mascot became the Red Hawks, until 2020 when a new slate of the Board of Education members — who ran on promises to reverse the vote — restored the Redmen logo.

A professor at the University of Iowa is concerned that the school’s hawk mascot, Herky, looks angry — and its appearance could be contributing to a culture of violence, depression ...