Megan Schwalm-Bell loves her son's hair.
It's thick, black, and curly.
But the white mother — who adopted her 15-month-old black son, Maddox, soon after he was born — promptly discovered not everyone...
Campus environmentalists delivered a petition with 2,500 signatures to President Sally Mason's office on Wednesday, urging the University of Iowa administration to curb the school's coal use sooner than...
A recent increase in the number of patients seeking treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals locally and nationwide may mean backups at those facilities, one expert said Wednesday.
Valerie Buckingham,...
Iowa caucus hopeful Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan would put a sales tax on basic food items in Iowa and Johnson County, where no such tax now exists.
Cristi Gleason, a University of Iowa accounting associate...
Though University of Iowa police said they are working to improve the HawkAlert system, the university keeps no records of previously issued alerts.
And UI spokesman Tom Moore said there is no "operational...
Local musician Mitchell Gardner has produced several LP records of his original songs. But his new project — set to be completed in February — is a rock opera based on conversations with his alter...
Police arrested a Coralville woman Wednesday alleging that she intentionally set a fire that killed a 14-year-old boy.
Lillie Will Williams, 49, 419 10th Ave., was charged Wednesday with first-degree...
A Grinnell woman has been charged after allegedly posted a fraudulent Craigslist ad for tickets to the Iowa/Nebraska football game Nov. 25.
Tabitha Jensen, 28, was charged Oct. 28 with second-degree theft.
According...
Police charged a Coralville man after he allegedly assaulted a woman at her residence.
Martel Horton, 25, 954 Boston Way No. 11, was charged Nov. 16 with false imprisonment, domestic abuse assault with...
A Cedar Falls man was charged after he allegedly used his ex-girlfriend's banking information to pay off his credit card.
Aaron Stockstell, 22, was charged Nov. 3 with identity theft and third-degree...
For Iowa caucus candidate Rick Santorum and his family, protection of unborn babies and the disabled is personal.
So personal that Santorum has made family values the center of his campaign, and he...
Business owners want their peers, City Council, and others promoting the Self-Supporting Municipal Improvement District tax levy to understand its implications.
Though the proposal for a tax levy to...
