The Iowa City School District will pay a settlement of $200,000 to First Student Inc., after the bus company threatened to take legal action against the district for its payment practices. The agreement,...

Police charged a man with his fifth OWI after officers found his truck stuck in the mud. Robert McDowell, 42, Kalona, was charged Sunday with third-offense OWI. According to police reports, McDowell...

University of Iowa Student Government senators were divided on legislation Tuesday night that would allocate $25,000 to the Hawks Nest Hawkapalooza, voting 18-9 to table the decision. Last year, UISG...

Vinit Mahajan has one very ambitious aspiration. “My mentors have invested their efforts into training me for one goal,” said the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics doctor. “Cure the blind.” Mahajan...

Downtown and hungry on a Saturday night? Soon, there may be more options. The Iowa City City Council is moving to allow two more street vendors to move onto the Pedestrian Mall. At present, the city allows...

Students with unpaid university bills will soon be hearing from collection officials. But they’re not the typical agents one might expect. They’re University of Iowa faculty, tasked with making sure...

After initially drafting a certified budget that outlined a possible 15 percent increase in property taxes, Iowa City School District officials say there might be another place to scrape for revenue. Instead...

Some opponents of the newly resurrected 21-ordinance aren’t just interested in keeping the status quo for bar-entry age. They think 18-year-olds should be allowed in, too. Tom Lenoch, an Iowa City bar...

The University of Iowa Faculty Council endorsed the 21-ordinance Tuesday, noting that alcohol abuse is “physically and mentally harmful, which reduces student learning.” Victoria Sharp, the UI special...