Johnson County deputies arrested a Coralville man last month after he allegedly grew marijuana in the furnace closet of his home. Larry Monteiro, 33, Coralville, was charged Aug. 27 with a controlled-substance...

Iowa City police arrested an Illinois man after he allegedly instigated a fight outside a downtown bar and with officers. James Cronin, 19, Orland Park, Ill., was charged Sunday with interfering with...

Even Leslie Nolte’s street shoes look like they belong to a dancer. They are a light pastel shade of green, ballet flat shape, fitted closely to her feet. Seated on a couch in her dance studio with one...

West High students flew virtual planes during class Monday afternoon — but not for fun and games. The students were participating in a program through Project Lead the Way to learn about engineering...

The buzz of conversation immediately died down as Scott Smith, a veteran of the war in Iraq, started to speak to his daughter about Iraq. “This is a City of Literature,” Smith said. “And we’re...

Spencer Willardson is confident in his ability to get a job after graduation. The fourth-year University of Iowa political-science graduate student said he would like to work for a government agency after...

Iowa City School Board officials say an increased dropout rate is due to better data collection with help from state officials. The board members discussed the 2009 to 2010 comprehensive study on schools’...

Ten candidates from the Iowa City area are running for five positions on the Iowa City School Board. Different issues discussed throughout the campaign have been transparency, merit pay, redistricting...

It was roughly 224 years ago when an exhausted group pored over one of the United State’s most important documents — the Constitution. Two centuries later, some in Iowa City are celebrating the city’s...

University of Iowa Student Government leaders and a student candidate for the Iowa City City Council clashed Monday over whether the candidate was forced to resign from his UISG post. Raj Patel and his...