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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Local businesses targeted in federal investigation

REBECCA MORIN May 8, 2014

Three local businesses were part of a string of drug raids in a federal investigation. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, along with the Iowa City police, raided Zombies Tobacco Accessories, 316...

Latinos leaving Church

CHRIS HIGGINS May 8, 2014

Some Latinos no longer believe in one holy and apostolic church. A recent study by Boston College shows the future of the Catholic Church in the United States largely depends on attracting young Latinos,...

Dottie Ray to retire

DI STAFF May 8, 2014

Longtime host of AM-800 KXIC’s “The Dottie Ray Show,” Dottie Ray will retire May 13. Ray’s show airs weekdays from 8:45 to 9:00 a.m. She began broadcasting her 15-minute program...

Efficiency study to focus on administration

DI STAFF May 8, 2014

The state Board of Regents and Deloitte consulting will turn attention to phase two of the ongoing efficiency study to review of university administration, as the academic year winds down. The study is...

Police increase presence at Lemme

DI STAFF May 8, 2014

Iowa City’s Lemme Elementary will be increasing police presence around the school because of an ongoing domestic situation. An email was sent to families at the school Monday detailing that there would...

Where there’s no smoke, there’s fire

BRENT GRIFFITHS May 7, 2014

Right above the door a small, square sign warns minors they are barred from entering. Those old enough to be welcomed into the newly opened Iowa City establishment, Black and Gold Vapors, will see a...

Task force recommends new funding model

IAN MURPHY May 7, 2014

The way the state Board of Regents’ institutions are funded could be shaken up after 70 years of following the same model. Former Regent President David Miles, the head of the four-person Performance...

City cuts shelter plans

DANIEL SEIDL May 7, 2014

After hitting a snag, the new Iowa City animal shelter is back on track. “We’re going back to the bidding community with a revised set of plans,” said Iowa City Mayor Matt Hayek. “We...

Iowa City residents talk regeneration

KAITLIN DEWULF May 7, 2014

Sustainability is just the beginning for Iowa City. Next step: regeneration. Jeff Biggers, the University of Iowa writer-in-residence, along with the Iowa City folk-music group the Awful Purdies, presented...

District works on safe-room funding

LILY ABROMEIT May 7, 2014

Funding to fight against tornados and other severe weather didn’t quite reach the Iowa City School District this year. State officials are making an effort to increase the number of safe rooms available...

Hopefuls focus on jail

KAITLIN DEWULF May 6, 2014

With primary elections just under a month away, the question of how candidates would handle the needs and limitations of the Johnson County Jail was raised at a public forum Monday. The League of Women...

City officials go slowly on landfill project

IAN MURPHY May 6, 2014

Erosion of farmland in Iowa could be leaving $1 billion worth of crop in the fields. “As you drive across the countryside in Iowa, and you look at the topsoil … we see a lot of yellow,”...