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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Yi Zhang writes a check to his contractor on July 23, 2019. Zhang is the co-owner of JiangHu Asian Street Food and plans to open a new restaurant, Lark and Owl soon.

Summer Workshops: Yi Zhang

Tian Liu, Photojournalist July 26, 2019

Businessman Yi Zhang has become the owner of three businesses in Iowa City at age 24. He has spent over two years working to get to where he is right now. The young entrepreneur has experienced many...

Artist Katie Gallegos in her office at her apartment in Coralville on July 22, 2019. Gallegos sells her jewlery, thrifted clothes and stickers at various stores throughout Iowa and online.

Summer Workshops: Katie Gallegos

Katie Goodale, Photo Editor July 22, 2019

Artist Katie Gallegos spends her hours hunched over a sewing machine in her colorful home office, which is decorated with her artwork, action figures, and a mannequin covered in stickers. The small...

Against the Grain jumps over the cars during the first-evert All-Star Monster Trucks show at the Johnson County Fair on July 21, 2019.

Photos: All-Star Monster Truck Show

Tian Liu, Photojournalist July 22, 2019

SASAMI performs at the Mill on July 21, 2019.

Photos: Sasami performs at the Mill

Katie Goodale, Photojournalist July 21, 2019

A cornfield on the right side of the picture is affected by standing water from rainfall on May 20, 2019. To the left side of the picture, the rocky bank of the cornfield meets the Iowa River.

Troubled waters: A DI journalist’s expedition on the Iowa River

Ryan Adams, Photojournalist July 16, 2019

* Editors' note: The nitrate levels in the below article do not fully reflect the actual nitrate levels in the Iowa river at the time. Test strips utilized for testing were intended for laboratory setting,...