A man sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a former Iowa City landlord has appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court. Justin Marshall, 22, was sentenced on April 26 to life in prison for killing John...

A man was charged on Sunday with first-degree robbery after allegedly threatening another male with a handgun. Kevin John Shannon, 61, 1264 Dover St., was charged with first-degree robbery, going armed...

Thursday marked the last meeting this academic year for the University of Iowa Presidential Committee on Athletics, during which officials announced plans for a 2014 opening of the new Football Operations...

After 10 years of working with an idea that would change patients’ experiences in hospitals, University of Iowa Professor Richard Hurtig’s dream has become a reality. Hurtig, who teaches in...

It was arduous work for two Iowa City residents, collecting more than 4,000 signatures over the winter and into the spring on a petition against autonomous traffic cameras. But now that City Clerk Marian...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is known by many as the father of the wind-energy production tax credit — the credit that many point to as one of the reasons for Wednesday’s historic announcement...

Iowa City hospitals are struggling to find skilled IT workers, following a national trend that engineering experts are trying to alleviate. A survey conducted by Modern Health last week found that 67...

Just 6 percentage points was all that stood between a now-failed bond referendum and the construction of a new Johnson County justice center Tuesday evening. Collecting 13,648 votes with 54 percent voting...

The University of Iowa has plans in the works to install hearing-loop technology in several buildings around campus, and while more expensive than older technology, official say the quality is worth it. By...

Gov. Terry Branstad, along with Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, announced the largest economic investment in Iowa history Wednesday afternoon in Des Moines. MidAmerican Energy will invest $1.9 billion in Iowa...

Pending further discussion, the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division may host a town-hall meeting in Iowa City this summer to address the problems local restaurants face with alcohol-compliance checks. The...

Geography professor Gerard Rushton was in his early 20s when he took the Queen Mary from England to New York and then the train to Chicago and beyond until he arrived to his destination: Iowa City.  Rushton...