UI Professor Mitch Kelly said he opens each semester by recounting the tale of a poor lost freshman who wandered into his class looking for the “reetoric” department. After learning he was in the...

Petitioners are stationing themselves outside local malls, searching for support on a $75,000 special election for Johnson County residents to vote on the open Board of Supervisors seat. A committee including...

Margalea Warner never thought she’d make it to celebrate her 50th birthday. “I am a person living with a mental illness of schizophrenia,” she said. “I’m in recovery, I work full-time, and I...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division will open a flood-recovery office today, bringing with it a staff of 20 project officers for six...

For many UI students, winter break means home, family, and a reprieve from classes. For others, the month off means visiting a foreign country, more than 1 billion new faces, and three weeks of intensive,...

Tears welled up in 66-year-old Tony Balik’s eyes as he snapped photos of Iowa’s black-and-gold warriors storming the historic Kinnick Stadium field. As he looked on, he brushed them away from the...