At an early age, I experienced firsthand the impact that donors to the University of Iowa can have on people's lives. When I was 12, I was diagnosed with stage-four cancer by physicians at University of...

The recent budget debate has brought the state Legislature to a standstill. Today's environment of hyper-partisanship greets this development as no great surprise. Recent debates over the scope and role...

This is Hawkeye Country, undoubtedly.But it's easy to forget that aside from being a football mecca and an infamous epicenter of Big Ten bar culture, Iowa City is a worldly hotbed of cultural and artistic...

The Iowa softball team fell to Iowa State, 4-3, in Ames on Wednesday night. The Hawkeyes were up 3-2 going into the final frame, but junior starter Chelsea Lyon faltered in the seventh to give up the...

Iowa City was just far enough away, but just close enough for home for McKenzie Melander. The Apple Valley, Minn., native felt comfortable being just under five hours away from her family. Melander said...

The Iowa men's gymnastics team has been preparing for the NCAA Championships every day since the end of the 2011 season. And with the national championships eminent, the Hawkeyes feel they couldn't be...

This was new to Brent Metcalf. It was July 2010, and he had just faced a two-time World bronze medalist — Jabrayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan — twice in the span of a few days. He had lost both matches. Badly. Hasanov...

A surgeon at the Saudi German Hospital Group in Saudi Arabia is suing an Iowa corporation and its majority shareholder and part-owner, alleging breach of contract. According to court documents, Dr. Fawzy...

A local man has been charged with third-offense OWI. According to an Iowa City police complaint, John Seaba, 51, 822 2nd St., was charged Tuesday. Police officials were called to the intersection of...

A man has been charged with first-degree burglary, among other charges, Iowa City police say. According to a police complaint, James Ward, 28, was charged Oct. 20, 2011; the other charges he faces are...

The design on Androu De Vera's black T-shirt is striking. The graphic letters in pure white boldly stand out in stylized script against the dark background of the shirt. De Vera created the design himself....

Temple Grandin thinks in detailed pictures. In high school, she said, most of those pictures revolved around animals. "I noticed that animals noticed a lot of things we don't notice," she...