There are currently 10 breath-test machines in bars and liquor stores in the Iowa City area, and officials say alcohol consumers may not be using the recently installed machines for their intended purpose. However,...

Despite the unpleasant scent diffusing throughout the Carnival Room, University of Iowa students and officials worked together on Thursday to audit different types of waste collected from Burge and Daum...

A street that many consider to be the most direct route connecting east and west Iowa City will be getting a $2 million makeover, and local cyclists hope to make some major changes to the upcoming project. The...

The traditional line goes, “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” “discovering” the Americas. But as historians continue to study the life of Christopher Columbus, questions...

Young, aspiring journalists filled the seats of the lecture hall expecting to hear an inspiring speech about journalism — instead, students experienced a wake-up call about the problems with mainstream...

Michael Gerson said foreign aid appears to be the exception today in what he calls a period of intense politicization. Gerson, a senior adviser at ONE — a bipartisan organization fighting against extreme...

Genocide doesn’t leave many survivors, but in 1998, Hadidja Nyiransekuye fled her home in Rwanda with her youngest daughter, leaving behind three other children and her husband. A few years later,...

Following criticism over the past few years for officials ranging from the university level to as high as Gov. Terry Branstad, a new state Board of Regents group assigned to improve transparency will meet...

Longtime discussions regarding the reconstruction and elevation of one of the area’s most traveled and flood-prone roads seem to finally be becoming a reality. Often described as Iowa City’s...

Kate Varnum recalled April 3, 2009, as she huddled among six fellow couples awaiting the end of a legal process  which had started two years earlier. She and the rest of Iowa heard the result in Varnum...

Candidates touched on their proposed bike programs, student safety plans, and what qualifies them to be the University of Iowa Student Government president during the first debate Wednesday evening. The...

It was originally billed as a casual Wednesday afternoon input meeting by the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. But as plans regarding a new justice center and crime prevention efforts came up, discussions...