Iowa Western is a fairly steady participant in the Juco World Series. In fact, they're playing in it right now. They finished 3rd in the Juco World Series in 2005 and have been regional champs the past 5 years. They are fairly considtently ranked among the top 10-20 Juco's in the nation. They have a good track record for developing their players and helping them get to the next level.
Iowa Western has a young coaching staff. The head coach is Marc Rardin who is a very competitive, knowledgable and fair young coach. I know because he used to play for me. He has taken over a strong national level program and even improved it over the past few years.
Iowa Western CC is located in Council Bluffs, Iowa just across the river from Rosenblatt stadium in Omaha where the NCAA DI World Series is played.
Good coaching, highly competitive, good schedule, good location. Sorry don't know much about the academics there.