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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

Iowa City gets $1.2 million for housing options

DI STAFF June 29, 2011

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...

Coralville Hawkshop temporarily closes shop

DI STAFF June 29, 2011

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...

IC Battalion Chief retires after 25 years

DI STAFF June 29, 2011

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,...

Conesville man charged with sexual abuse

DI STAFF June 29, 2011

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...

Police: Las Vegas woman stole over $50,000 from properties she managed

DI STAFF June 29, 2011

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...

IC police arrest man who fled officers in 2009

DI STAFF June 29, 2011

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...

Local Dems make Afghanistan 2012 caucus issue

LINDSAY DOUGLAS June 28, 2011

Organizers in Iowa City are frustrated at President Obama’s war record and are organizing caucus delegates to push for a quicker end to the war in Afghanistan. With the group Health Care Not Warfare,...

Ride and Read program boosts library circulation

LUKE VOELZ June 28, 2011

City bus tickets are facing a cheaper, plastic alternative: library cards. Iowa City Public Library officials said the library’s Ride & Read program, which allows library cardholders a free ride...

School Board candidate Hemingway holds first listening post event

BRIAN ALBERT June 28, 2011

Phil Hemingway envisions a community of collaboration and honesty, he said before a small audience at the Iowa City Public Library Monday. The candidate for the Iowa City School Board held his first of...

Student Legal Services head an award-winning photog

JULIANA FABIANO June 28, 2011

Four years ago, Greg Bal picked up a camera thinking it would make a great hobby. “I bought a camera and just learned on my own,” he said. “It’s something I always enjoyed doing for the fun of...

Japanese Beetles wreak havoc in Eastern Iowa

BRITTANY TREVICK June 28, 2011

Chris Harmeyer didn’t spray his vineyard with insecticide for two days. The next thing he knew, Japanese beetles had defoliated two of his seven acres. That was two years ago, but Harmeyer, the owner...

Handful of Iowa lawmakers endorse Pawlenty for 2012

DI STAFF June 28, 2011

GOP presidental-nomination candidate Tim Pawlenty named 10 Iowa legislators to his Iowa Legislative Steering Committee on Monday, according to a campaign press release. Among the lawmakers is Sen. Shawn...