Laughter and happy faces might not be the first things you expect when you visit a school in the summertime. “We don’t want to sentence kids to summer school, we want it to be fun,”...

Lena Dunham, it seems, is determined to make it to Iowa City come hell or high water — and everyone knows Iowa City has plenty of high water.         Though the University of Iowa denied the...

Even after adjustments were made to the contro- versial high-rise project the Chauncey, some com- munity members still feel the project doesn’t fit down- town’s design. On Tuesday, the Iowa City...

Citing outstanding debt obligations, the Iowa City City Council voted to strip an east Iowa City Mexican restaurant’s ability to sell alcohol Tuesday, following a recommendation this week by Iowa...

With recent flood-prevention efforts on the Iowa River, it seems this may become an annual ordeal. Now, the Iowa City City Council will rev up conversations to proceed with river restoration and future...

Rain is a part of life in the Midwest, and Iowa City has been able to weather the storm with relative ease. The approximately 4 inches of rain was most problematic for Iowa City around 7 a.m. Sunday...

The Iowa City School District has banded together with seven other Iowa school districts in a request to opt out from certain requirements of the No Child Left Behind Title I program of the Elementary...

The Iowa City School Board will soon fill a vacant seat. The final list of applicants to fill the vacant seat was released on Monday. Ron Conner, Thomas Simmons, Orville Townsend Sr., Phil Hemingway,...

Authorities have accused a local man of driving after using heroin. Jason Dawson, 43, was charged July 13 with OWI, third or subsequent possession of a controlled substance, and driving while barred. According...

Diabetes research will soon have a new champion as experts begin to occupy a new, high-tech space on the University of Iowa campus. Faculty at the UI Carver College of Medicine have begun to occupy the...

Iowans have welcomed home an art favorite. Jackson Pollock’s Mural, which underwent nearly two years of conservation work, has returned to Iowa. This past weekend, the Sioux City Art Center held...

The scheme of the Iowa City Downtown District might not change as drastically as some had thought. The Chauncey, a high-rise building that will be built at the intersection of Gilbert and College Streets,...