Iowa City School District officials recently announced they will reduce several library positions — a move one librarian called a “big mistake.”
At Shimek and Hills Elementary Schools — the two smallest in the district...
While it’s not possible to stop every random act of violence, local officials say, prevention at high schools has become much more advanced.
Monday marked the 10-year anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings, when...
With rumors swirling after former City Manager Michael Lombardo’s termination last week, his former coworkers are taking conflicting positions.
In Allegan County, Mich. — where Lombardo formerly worked as county administrator...
The Student Elections Board ruled Tuesday that Your Party will face a monetary fine — not voter penalties — for complaints filed against it during campaigning.
After a slew of rulings and appeals, the elections board decided...
Homeowners affected by last year’s flood received a little more help Tuesday after Gov. Chet Culver signed a Jump-Start housing bill while working in the Old Capitol for the second time.
The bill eases rules for Jump-Start...
Twenty-two beige trailers filling the parking lot near Hancher Auditorium will disappear this summer.
The mobile trailers have provided temporary space for music and theater programs once housed in the Voxman Music Building and...
Recovering from neurosurgery used to take weeks, possibly months.
But with the latest technology at the UI Hospitals and Clinics, patients undergoing the procedure can return to their daily routines within days.
The new surgical...
Investing in stocks might not sound like the best idea during the current economic climate, but three UI students think it’s a great idea.
Through a new organization called HawkTrade, started by three UI men, students are meeting...
Plains Justice, a Cedar Rapids-based law center working for environmental justice in the Midwest, plans to further challenge the creation of new coal plants in Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota, the company’s president, Carrie...
Two favorite childhood memories will come together today on the Pentacrest: bike riding and eating ice cream.
The UI Environmental Coalition is teaming up with local businesses and other university organizations to celebrate...
The downtown area is one step closer to being off-limits to new bars.
In its meeting Monday evening, the Iowa City City Council scheduled a public hearing on May 5 to discuss a new ordinance that would regulate the number of...
Iowa City police only wrote one PAULA ticket in downtown last weekend, despite adding four overtime officers.
Police are assigning additional officers to the area for the rest of the semester to focus on incidents of assault...
