It closed in July 2012 under controversy and university budget cuts, and was mostly demolished in June 2013, save for the athletics Wing, part of which was re-purposed into the UNI Childhood Development center, previously housed in the building's east wing.
[2] Northern University won multiple Information Technology competitions in the Cyber Defense category.
In 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 the school won first place in the Cyber Defense category of the IT-Olympics held at Iowa State University.
[3][4] Despite its small size, students from Northern University High School were consistently accepted into the Iowa All State Orchestra, Band and Choir.
[6] One person implicated in this scandal is Iowa State Representative Kerry Burt.