Iowa City City officials are one step closer to creating two separate offenses for "indecent exposure and conduct" and "public urination and defecation." City councilors passed the...

The intersection of U.S. Highway 6 and Sycamore Street will see some major changes following the Iowa City City Council's approval of the intersection improvement project. City officials will now move...

Iowa City City Councilors approved plans for the Iowa River Water Main Crossings Project at their meeting Tuesday night. The project calls for the installation of two new water mains under the Iowa River,...

The Iowa City City Council approved phase three of the improvements project for the Terry Trueblood Recreation Area — a project that will cost an estimated $3.7 million. According to city officials,...

The Iowa City Conference Board reconvened for the second time this year to pass the city assessor's fiscal 2013 budget proposal.  Iowa City city councilors, Johnson County supervisors, and Iowa City...

Religion and feminism seem to be clashing on the national level. In recent weeks, policymakers and advocates across the country have sparred over whether the federal government should mandate that insurance...

Local payday lenders could soon face tighter restrictions on where they can set up shop in Iowa City. The Iowa City city councilors unanimously decided Tuesday to have the planning and zoning staff look...

Some University of Iowa faculty members are concerned about federal rules governing conflicts of interest in government-funded research. Under new rules from federal Public Health Service — which oversees...

Some schools are seeing a jump in female students when they increase the number of one-year specialized master's business programs. But University of Iowa leaders say they aren't headed that direction. "I...

Caroline and Natalie Young recently put down their science-lesson materials and ran outside — to attend to their daily chicken business, the Golden Egg. Running the business coincides with their studies...

A bill in the Iowa House calling for the state to fully fund K-12 schools has opponents saying such an action would force legislators to cut support for other programs. Currently, the state funds 87.5...