Editor’s Note: This article is the first in an occasional series called “In Focus” about public access to police body camera and in-car camera video in Iowa.
By Erin Jordan, The Gazette, and...
An independent firm completed a review of the June 3 protest in Iowa City, providing 39 recommendations to the Iowa City Police Department, including reviewing agreements with other law enforcement...
It may be several months before everyone in the next phase of Johnson County’s COVID-19 vaccination program receives their shot, public health officials warned Monday.
Johnson County’s COVID-19...
Iowa City’s Pedestrian Mall will undergo redevelopment, with a $56 million development gaining financial assistance from the city.
The Iowa City City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to award...
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...
