A man was arrested Tuesday in Middle Amana after he allegedly told cowokers he intended to “blow up Amana” because “his friend and brother Osama bin Laden was killed,” according to an Iowa County...

The University of Iowa police have arrested a former UI employee after he allegedly pawned university property. Jeremy Olson, 33, 2401 Friendship St., was charged April 19 with second-degree theft. According...

The ex-roommate of former Hawkeye football player Derrell Johnson-Koulianos pleaded guilty Tuesday. Brady Cooper Johnson, 21, was charged Dec. 7 with possession of a marijuana with intent to deliver,...

Bond has been set for a Chicago man charged with inappropriately touching two young girls. Donte Walker, 18, was charged April 13 with two counts of lascivious acts with a child. According to a complaint...

An Iowa City man died Tuesday after falling from a federal courthouse while working on a construction project, the Associated Press reported. Cedar Rapids authorities identified the man as Terry Simmons,...

A majority of Iowans intend to vote on judicial retention in the next election, but nearly half haven’t decided how they’ll vote, a University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll determined. The poll found 87 percent...

The University of Iowa Children’s Hospital received a $10 million donation to advance pediatric medicine. Jerre and Mary Joy Stead, of Scottsdale, Ariz., will create two endowed faculty positions,,...

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors reviewed a policy regarding social media during a work session Wednesday. A subcommittee of various county officials have been drafting a social-media policy since...

A trial has been reset for an Iowa City man charged with attempted murder. Raymond L. Spears, 52, was arrested June 4, 2010, after he allegedly stabbed a man in the back in downtown Iowa City. In a...

Chuck Foster’s hands move at high-speed across the piano keys from low A to high C. He plays Franz Liszt’s fast-paced Mephisto Waltz No. 1 until he’s nearly out of breath, almost resembling a runner...

It’s 11 p.m., and that pesky project on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is due in an hour. There’s no time to write the paper honestly, and the traditional paper mill costs too much. With this...

Some Iowa legislators and national education experts have called on the state Board of Regents to consider alternative tuition models during future funding discussions. But some regents said the switch...