PELLA, Iowa — Packed between the olive green walls of the 111-year-old Pella Opera House, hundreds of viewers sat patiently awaiting Sarah Palin and the premiere of The Undefeated as an organ player...
At first glance, the two-lane bridge over Wapsinonoc Creek seems up-to-date. But a closer inspection reveals rusted bolts, graffiti, and crooked beams. More than 4,000 cars travel across it each day, and...
A new city ordinance regulating vendors on Melrose Avenue on game days may leave the Magic Bus homeless again come fall.
Under the new ordinance, which passed its first vote June 21, the sale of alcohol...
Local residents may be the target of a telephone scam, according to a press release from Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek.
The release said people have received phone calls from a computerized voice...
A local man was arrested last month after he allegedly threw a woman to the ground by her hair and destroyed hundreds of dollars of her property.
Baari Abdu Bin Arafat, 25, 2107 Davis St., was charged...
The majority of Iowans support same-sex marriage, according to a survey conducted by graduate students at Drake University.
In one of the few states in which same-sex marriage is legal, the authors surveyed...
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, announced Monday that Iowa City would receive approximately $1.2 million for affordable housing, according to a press release.
The funding will go toward quality housing in the...
The University of Iowa’s Coralville Hawk Shop location has temporarily closed its doors while UI officials negotiate a contract with a company to sell Hawkeye gear, UI spokesman Tom Moore on Tuesday...
Iowa City Fire Department Battalion Chief Ken Brown retired June 26, marking the end of his 25-year career with the department.
Brown joined the department on Dec. 15, 1986. He rose through the ranks,...
A Conesville man was arrested Monday after he allegedly sexually abused an intoxicated woman.
Timothy Todd Wehmeyer, 42, was charged June 26 with third-degree sexual abuse.
The woman told Johnson County...
A Las Vegas woman was arrested after she allegedly stole more than $50,000 from the rental properties she managed.
Nancy Lou Skay, 50, was charged April 14 with first-degree theft, a Class C felony.
Between...
Iowa City police arrested a man nearly two years ago after he allegedly stole a computer from a local residence and fled from officials.
Lawrence Curtis Glover, 28, was charged Oct. 21, 2009, with third-degree...
