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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

Sudanese UI students welcome country’s secession

ZACHARY POUND July 15, 2011

Following a shaky six-year peace agreement, the birth of the Republic of South Sudan is the final stage in the hopes of ending decades of war. And for University of Iowa student Grace Nyoma, the separation...

UI senior has passion for Special Olympics

CODY GREDELL July 15, 2011

Since UI senior Justin Bucklin happened to stop at the Mayor's Youth Empowerment Program booth last August during a job fair, the 21-year-old has spent his days helping others gain independence. Through...

UI restores retirement benefits

DI STAFF July 15, 2011

University of Iowa Vice President for Human Resources Sue Buckley has detailed several UI staff benefits for the upcoming year — most of them pertaining to retirement and wellness. The school will reinstate...

Kalona residents arrested for allowing meth to be made in their home

DI STAFF July 15, 2011

A Kalona couple was arrested Wednesday for housing Roger Schropp, a man they allegedly knew was manufacturing methamphetamine, Johnson County sheriff's deputies said. Scott Charles Carlson, 47, was charged...

Stats from UI Alcohol Harm Reduction Plan show decreases

JULIANA FABIANO July 14, 2011

The 21-ordinance played a significant role in the Alcohol Harm Reduction Plan’s successful efforts to reduce University of Iowa students binge-drinking rates and high-risk alcohol initiatives, officials...

IC officials present bridge designs, residents want to talk levee

LUKE VOELZ July 14, 2011

The Park Road bridge is getting a flood-resistant makeover, but some Iowa City residents would rather reflect on the Taft Speedway levee. City officials and HNTB Corp. engineers presented two new options...

UI alum jazzes up Eastern Iowa radio

KATIE HEINE July 14, 2011

One swift clearing of his throat, and Bob Stewart transforms. After meticulously flicking a few switches and plopping a pair of headphones atop his snow-white hair, he grasps a microphone above his head...

UIHC pays patient $1.5 million in settlement

DI STAFF July 14, 2011

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics settled with a former patient for $1.5 million in an agreement to a lawsuit involving allegations of medical negligence resulting from treatments over several...

Court of appeals upholds Kehoe ruling

DI STAFF July 14, 2011

The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the murder conviction of a Coralville woman who bound her children before driving them into a pond over two years ago. Michelle Kehoe was found guilty of first-degree...

Minnesota man charged with child pornography

DI STAFF July 14, 2011

Iowa City police arrested a Minnesota man who allegedly had several thousand photographs of both nude and clothed juvenile females on his computer. Michael James Lindberg, 20, of Rosewill was charged...

Intoxicated man squirts beer at officers

DI STAFF July 14, 2011

Iowa City police arrested a local man after he allegedly sprayed them with beer early Wednesday morning. Francis Shane Granger, 47, 128.5 N. Clinton St. Apt. 6, was charged July 13 with a habitual alcohol...

Man charged with stealing from homeless man, jewelry theft

DI STAFF July 14, 2011

An Iowa City resident was arrested July 10 and charged with stealing from a homeless man. Now, police say, he allegedly stole more than $10,000 of jewelry from a house in which a party was held. Austin...