Local volunteers came together to host the second Iowa City Repair Cafe on Sunday. The event invited volunteers to help fix a range of appliances — from small electronics to lawn and snow blowers...

The Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center and other locations received 131 dogs Thursday following an investigation of a breeding kennel in rural Riverside, Iowa with unsafe living conditions.  Before...

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors will vote Thursday to decide if the county will pay for rape survivors’ medication — specifically birth control and emergency contraception.  The plan received...

As the summer continues to heat up in Iowa City, citizens and volunteers are uniting to conduct an urban heat island mapping campaign. Rising temperatures have been in the news this summer, but...

Iowans encountered a hazy surprise on Tuesday, June 27 when smoke from the ongoing wildfires in Canada began spreading around the Midwest. In what has been dubbed the “worst wildfire season”...

The 2008 flood was a devastating event to Iowa City and the University of Iowa campus. Over 20 campus buildings were damaged, with several needing complete demolishment, and others needing millions...

Iowa City’s Climate Action Commission discussed the possibility of future climate action projects with remaining funds from the American Rescue Plan Act at the commission's meeting on May 1, but...

City of Iowa City staff is concerned that housing affordability and availability will be negatively impacted after noticing a continued downward trend of residential lot creation in 2022. In...

A recent report from Johnson County shows greenhouse gas emissions lowered over the past 10 years, with a decrease of roughly 28 percent. The county will take the results of its report and...

The Johnson County nonprofit Shelter House has plans to use a $60,000 grant of American Rescue Plan Act money to help tenants pay overdue rent.  The county Board of Supervisors unanimously voted...

When Johnson County contracted a company to complete a facility audit for all the county buildings, one of the results that stood out was the condition of the county sheriff’s office and jail. The...

The Iowa River Powerhouse Dam was found to have more deficiencies than previously believed, prompting the City of Iowa City to bring on another consultant to further assess the damage. This additional...