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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The Johnson County Board of Supervisors meeting is streamed online on Thursday, April 23, 2020.

Johnson County receives federal funding for health care relief

Riley Davis, News Reporter April 23, 2020

One of the Johnson County treasurer’s accounts received what the treasurer called an unexpected deposit of $68,231.71 from the federal government to assist with county health care relief earlier this...

The wine aisle at Bread Garden Market is seen in downtown Iowa City on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

As Iowa’s bars and restaurants close, Hawkeyes are drinking from home

Charles Peckman, Senior Reporter April 23, 2020

It was around 4 p.m. on a rainy Tuesday afternoon when I held the Kum & Go door open for a college-aged man holding a half-dozen cans of Four Loko, a caffeinated, liquor-infused concoction that...

Jacinto Rivera Ramirez poses for a portrait in the dining room of the Catholic Worker House on Saturday, April 18 in Iowa City, Iowa.

‘Yo no soy un delincuente:’ Iowa agencies call for the release of immigrants from deportation centers amid COVID-19 pandemic

Mary Hartel, News Reporter April 21, 2020

Sitting on the attic couch of the Iowa City Catholic Worker House, Jacinto Rivera-Ramirez looked down at the monitor bracelet on his ankle, issued to him by Immigration Customs and Enforcement Officials...

Bicycles are seen parked at Big Grove during the Big Rove bicycle event on Saturday, June 29, 2019. The route, which is part of the RAGBRAI training series, was 36 miles long starting in Iowa City with stops in North Liberty and Solon.

RAGBRAI announces cancellation of 2020 race

Lauren White, News Reporter April 20, 2020

RAGBRAI announced Monday that the 48th-annual state-wide bike ride will be postponed to July 25-31, 2021.  In a release, the RAGBRAI team said that the safety of riders has always been the focus, and...

U.S Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks with the Daily Iowan staff after a visit to Mercy Hospital on July 2, 2019.

Iowa’s members of Congress work from home amid pandemic

Caleb McCullough, Assistant Politics Editor April 19, 2020

Members of Iowa’s congressional delegation, like millions across the country, are having to adjust their work environment as social distancing requirements close many offices and drive most staff...

The south side of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building remains intact following a bombing that destroyed one third of the building in a domestic terrorist attack. At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995 a bomb detonated at the building’s north entrance, killing 168 people. In addition to those who died, approximately 800 were injured.

‘It was never the same’: Remembering the Oklahoma City Bombing 25 years later

Katie Ann McCarver, News Editor April 18, 2020

Former Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Judy Hoke McCarver stood on the main floor of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, waiting for the elevator. It was about 8:30...

(File Photo) The Iowa City School District sign is seen off of North Dodge Street on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. School start times have been adjusted over the past two years in the district. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds closes K-12 schools for the rest of the academic year

Sarah Watson, Managing Editor April 17, 2020

All K-12 schools will be closed for the remainder of the school year, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, announced Friday to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. Schools were previously scheduled to reopen...

Nurse manager and paramedic Kim Lopez poses for a photo in Mercy on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

First responders, frontline workers find life has shifted a month since COVID-19 cases first reported in Iowa

Rin Swann, News Reporter April 16, 2020

Health-care worker Kim Lopez brings chocolate-chip bars and spaghetti to work for her staff — the latest commodities in a snack delivery she tries to do weekly. Lopez, nurse manager of the Mercy...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seen on Sept. 17, 2018.

UI Health Care begins convalescent plasma clinical trial for COVID-19 patients

Kelsey Harrell, News Reporter April 15, 2020

University of Iowa Health Care has begun conducting a convalescent plasma clinical trial to determine if plasma from recovered novel-coronavirus patients would help those currently hospitalized with the...

Fact Check | Iowa had a strong job market and low unemployment before coronavirus

Fact Check | Iowa had a strong job market and low unemployment before coronavirus

Caleb McCullough, Assistant Politics Editor April 15, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Lyle Muller and Marissa Payne In case...

Gov. Kim Reynolds gives the Condition of the State address at the Iowa State Capitol on Tuesday, January 14, 2020.

Iowa director of human services says domestic violence reports are decreasing, but the violence is not

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor April 15, 2020

The director of the Iowa Department of Human Services said during Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Wednesday press conference that reports of domestic violence have dropped now that children and families are not interacting...

Photo illustration by Hayden Froehlich

How the UI moved to virtual instruction in a matter of weeks

Lauren White, News Reporter April 14, 2020

The University of Iowa made the quick transition to virtual instruction in a matter of weeks to protect Hawkeyes from the spread of the novel coronavirus — a move that campus technology staff have...