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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 man charged with meth manufacture

DI STAFF July 5, 2011

Johnson County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Kalona man after he allegedly cooked methamphetamine. A state of Iowa narcotics search warrant was executed at 45-year-old Roger Allen Schropp’s residence. According...

Woman reportedly sexually abused while sleeping

DI STAFF July 5, 2011

A North Liberty man was arrested after allegedly sexually abusing a sleeping woman. Thomas Ray Auner, 49, was charged June 30 with third-degree sexual abuse. According to a complaint from the Johnson...

Iowa City man given escape status

DI STAFF July 5, 2011

An Iowa City man was given escape status after failing to return to the Hope House Work Release Facility in Coralville. Alajuwon Shamaer Johnson, 27, was charged with accidentally killing 20-year-old...

Bachmann focuses on waffles, not issues in Iowa City

IAN STEWART July 5, 2011

A stop in Iowa City this past weekend kicked off Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann’s statewide campaign tour ahead of the GOP Straw Poll in August. But while other candidates have honed in on specific...

Iowa City could do away with free moped parking

CHASTITY DILLARD July 5, 2011

Bicyclists may soon be able to reclaim downtown bike racks and sidewalks in Iowa City. Tonight, the Iowa City City Council will vote on whether to establish moped parking permits and fees for the small...

Novel Iowa City to create book using tweets

ASMAA ELKEURTI July 5, 2011

Organizers of the Iowa City Book Festival are inviting people across the world to help write a novel — in 140 characters or less. Beginning at noon July 15 and ending at 5 p.m. July 17, anyone with...

Changes coming to UI freshman move-in

LUKE VOELZ July 5, 2011

Car-crowded streets and legions of stuffed suitcases will hit Iowa City a few days earlier this fall. The change puts resident halls’ move-in dates to Aug. 17 and 18 — the Wednesday and Thursday...

Taft Speedway residents challenge Iowa City’s proposed levee

IAN STEWART July 1, 2011

Jim White stood in the middle of Taft Speedway on Thursday and gestured toward the row of houses between him and the Iowa River. “I don’t like to see these as houses,” he said. “I see them as...

Texting while driving now will see fine in Iowa

CHASTITY DILLARD July 1, 2011

Fasten your seat belt and enjoy the drive … without your cell phone. The distracted-driving bill signed more than a year ago today, banning texting for all drivers, can now be enforced with a fine. At...

Loebsack defends higher ed against budget cuts

BRIAN ALBERT July 1, 2011

Education funding shouldn’t be the target of a national push to cut the federal budget, U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, said in Johnson County on Thursday. Loebsack, speaking to a crowd of around 100...

Grassley-sponsored bill aims to help foster kids

ASMAA ELKEURTI July 1, 2011

A bill proposed by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, could provide more funding to children placed in foster care because of substance abuse in the family. According to the National Meth Center, Iowa’s...

UI student volunteers in friend’s memory

LINDSAY DOUGLAS July 1, 2011

When Mandi Carozza visits home, she always makes sure to drop by her best friend Jenny’s house to visit with her family. “I see Jenny in her mom, and I think she sees Jenny in me,” Carozza said. The...