The Iowa City downtown area is always changing. New businesses come and go, but one thing that outlives a natural business cycle is culture. However, unlike flashing neon signs and ads in the paper,...
Hyper Energy Bar, Iowa City’s newest energy drink franchise, opened Wednesday, bringing a new caffeine option to the Iowa City community.
In the small space that houses Hyper Energy Bar, the white...
An underground pro-wrestling event was held at The Dandy Lion in downtown Iowa City on Thursday, October 24.
The event featured three matchups between professional wrestlers of the Black and Brave Wrestling...
It has been almost two months since Dubuque Street in downtown Iowa City re-opened for vehicle traffic, and the large, chain-link fences akin to prison bars were removed from alongside a renewed sidewalk...
Iowa City is, first and foremost, a college town. Residents of a college town almost unanimously embrace certain elements of a specific lifestyle, like drinking, partying, and carrying on. This has been...
Iowa City residents gathered at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area Monday afternoon to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with a series of events honoring Native American presence, history, and culture.
This...
Students, employees, and community members gathered for the reopening of the Clinton Street Starbucks. The store opened back up on Friday after a temporary closure due to renovation construction.
The...
Iowa City is around a year into a pilot program for community “resilience hubs,” which will provide educational programming and support to residents during times of weather-related emergencies.
According...
Jack Moore, Managing News Editor
• October 5, 2024
About 100 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on the University of Iowa’s Pentacrest Saturday, recognizing International Day of Action for Palestine as the one-year mark of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel...
Forty workers at Knutson Construction Company’s Iowa City office were laid off Thursday. The entire office will close at the end of the year.
The announcement came on Sept. 5 from the company’s...
The first-ever African Festival of Arts and Culture took place in the Pedestrian Mall in Iowa City on Saturday, Sept. 28.
During the festival, the Ped Mall was filled with poets, jugglers, dancers,...
Looking around his classroom over two decades ago, Sunday Goshit did not see many students who looked like him.
Goshit came to Iowa City from Nigeria for graduate school around 24 years ago. He...
