In the second night of a four-night streak of protests in Iowa City, the Iowa Freedom Riders held a memorial for former UI student Makeda Scott following a protest through Iowa City.
Scott was...
After Johnson County experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases, the state granted permission to the Iowa City Community School District to move to all-virtual classroom instruction after initially denying...
Racist restrictions on property — both formal and informal — were common practices in the first half of the 20th century, including in Iowa City. During the last semester, University of Iowa Professor...
When hurricane-level winds hit Iowa many Johnson County families felt as if their lives, along with their trees, were “uprooted”. After the Aug. 10 storm, streets in the area were lined with limbs,...
In recent letters addressed to the Iowa City City Council, community leaders suggested renaming a local park after James Alan McPherson, a professor at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the first ever...
In the midst of protests calling for reformation of the Iowa City Police department, the Iowa City city government is currently in the process of selecting a new Chief of Police after former Chief...
The coronavirus pandemic has not created a housing crisis, but it has deepened existing inequalities and created more urgency around housing problems, said Sara Barron, executive director of the Johnson...
Johnson County’s mask mandate is set to become enforceable and will be punishable by a simple misdemeanor.
Johnson County’s Board of Supervisors signaled in a work session Wednesday that they...
Becky Schmooke, owner of Becky’s Mindful Kitchen, believes the best way to learn how to cook is to be creative under the guidance of recipes. Her culinary school in Johnson County has begun to cater...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted to implement a county-wide mask mandate at a meeting Thursday morning, though the order is not enforceable by criminal or civil punishment.
Iowa City...
Guns are allowed in county buildings in Johnson County for the first time in nine years.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors reluctantly rolled back a 2011 policy prohibiting firearms in public...
Jack Jensen-Fitzpatrick, the 12-year-old son of Iowa Women's Basketball Associate Head Coach Jan Jensen, completed a 115,000-step walk on July 18 to raise money for Shelter House, a non-profit organization...
