The University of Iowa and Iowa City kicked off their Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration — a full two weeks of festivities, online programming, and service projects this year — on Monday, to celebrate...
Iowa City City Councilor Susan Mims, 64, will not be running for reelection this November, after three terms and 12 years with the city council.
“I haven't made any secret of it,” Mims said...
Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague has extended the city’s mask mandate to May 31.
According to a press release sent on Monday, the city cited COVID-19 a surge in cases nationwide and the city entering...
University of Iowa alum and former El Paso Police Department lieutenant Dustin Liston has been sworn in as the new Iowa City Police chief, taking on the new role as the department undergoes a restructuring...
The Department of Transportation Services is likely to launch a self-funded pilot program that would offer late night and Sunday transit services.
Director of Transportation Services Darian Nagle-Gamm...
The Iowa City Police Department budget will increase by 2.5 percent for fiscal year 2022 if approved by the Iowa City City Council as part of the fiscal 2022 budget.
There are two new budgeted...
Iowa City will conduct a variety of projects over the next five years, part of its five-year capital improvement plan which was introduced alongside the 2022 budget.
The plan includes $184.3 million...
A new Iowa City ordinance prohibiting racial profiling and bias-based policing will be adopted in the city code, supplementing existing Iowa City Police Department policies restricting discriminatory...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to pass an agreement with Shelter House to provide “non-congregate sheltering alternatives” for homeless people in Johnson County.
The...
Starting next year, the City of Iowa City will make Juneteenth — a holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S. — an official city-wide holiday,...
The Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the city’s Good Neighbor Program make certain meetings between land developers and neighboring residents mandatory. The proposal includes...
The Johnson County Public Health Department is preparing for the COVID-19 vaccine to be available to certain populations within as little as two weeks, according to Emergency Preparedness Planner Stephen...
