Police arrested a local man after he was allegedly intoxicated in public for the eighth time.
Brian Timothy Shepherd, 30, 712 E. Market St., Apt. 1, was charged June 6 with habitual consumption/intoxication.
According...
Ever since she started attending Handicare Childcare and Preschool, Jena Frank has been exceeding her mother’s expectations by leaps and bounds. Jena is learning small tasks, such as putting away the...
A recent outbreak of the E. coli bacteria hasn’t made its way to Johnson County, and locally grown food may be the key to keeping it that way.
Several area businesses specializing in locally grown produce...
After 20 years in social work and several years as the social-service coordinator for Johnson County, Amy Correia will move on.
Correia, who has helped to improve and to launch several successful programs...
It’s quite a coincidence that Ed Fisher, 57, went into the fish-keeping business.
He is the owner of the Coralville Bay store, which specializes in tropical and marine fish.
People think he changed...
The Iowa Writers’ Workshop kicked off its weekend-long 75th-anniversary celebration Thursday night with a keynote address from one of its long-time writers and faculty members.
Marilynne Robinson highlighted...
A prominent Iowa blogger speculates Newt Gingrich might drop out of the 2012 presidential race after the several of the Georgia Republican’s campaign staffers left the organization on Thursday.
Craig...
University of Iowa officials announced tentative completion dates for major flood-recovery projects on Wednesday, some of which lag behind initial estimates.
During the discussion at Wednesday’s state...
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics profits increased over the last fiscal year, officials said on Wednesday at a state Board of Regents’ meeting.
UIHC Chief Financial Officer Ken Fisher said revenue...
An Iowa City man says he wants to use his statewide position to curb underage and binge drinking.
Next month, Jim Clayton will take over as vice chairman of Iowa’s Alcoholic Beverages Commission.
The...
The Iowa branch of the Sierra Club, a nationwide environmental organization, appeared at Wednesday’s state Board of Regents meeting to protest the regents’ universities’ use of coal power.
The members...
Even though it’s thousands of miles away, Iowa officials say the Hawkeye State and South Korea are closely linked.
For instance, South Koreans have recently been dealing with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth...
