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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

UI professor uses national award to help youth with math

IAN STEWART June 22, 2011

As Maggy Tomova spoke with an accent betraying her Bulgarian origins, her black cat Smurfy wandered across the table looking for attention. Two dogs lingered on nearby couches, whose hair-covered cushion...

Councilors vote to change city-management position

DI STAFF June 22, 2011

The Iowa City City Council approved a resolution to eliminate the current assistant to the city manager position and add an new assistant to the city manager position during the council meeting Tuesday...

Council OKs property acquisition near landfill

DI STAFF June 22, 2011

The Iowa City City Council approved the city’s plan to proceed with authorizing the acquisition of land near the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Facility at a Tuesday meeting. The council approved...

Child tests positive for meth exposure

DI STAFF June 22, 2011

A Lone Tree woman was arrested after Johnson County officials allegedly discovered her son had been exposed to methamphetamine. Wendy Lynn Whetstine, 44, was charged June 2 with child endangerment. A...

Teen charged with forgery, theft

DI STAFF June 21, 2011

Iowa City police arrested a local man after he allegedly stole $34,000 from two churches. Christopher James Jones, 18, 320 E. Benton St. Apt. 3, was charged May 17 with forgery and second-degree theft. According...

Children injured when man backs over playhouse

DI STAFF June 21, 2011

A West Branch man was arrested after he allegedly drove over a playhouse, injuring two young children. Timothy Patrick Cahill, 50, was charged Sunday with driving while revoked. According to an Iowa...

Iowa City councilors prepare for Melrose vendor vote

NINA EARNEST June 21, 2011

The University of Iowa might pitch in resources to quell complaints about messy tailgators before Hawkeye football games. Doug Boothroy, the director of the city’s Housing and Inspection Services, said...

UI doctoral students gather stories from southeast-Iowa City residents

LUKE VOELZ June 21, 2011

Robert Gutsche wants people to look beyond breaking news. The 30-year-old is one of three University of Iowa doctoral students who founded CrossingBorders.us, an interactive website that shares stories...

Eastern Iowa farms follow agritourism trend

BRITTANY TREVICK June 21, 2011

Gerarda Keppler wiped some imaginary dust off her mahogany table as she walked around her airy, wooden Barn House. “I love the spirit of this place,” she said, standing in front of a window that has...

UI dean delves into Iowa’s history

JULIANA FABIANO June 21, 2011

Twenty-five years ago, Tom Baker was inspired to write a book. Back then, he was a humble grad student in the University of Iowa’s history program. Today he’s the UI associate dean of students —...

Iconic band Yo La Tengo to perform at the Englert

NINA EARNEST June 21, 2011

The members of Yo La Tengo don’t speak Spanish. Instead, guitarist Ira Kaplan said, the name was a phrase — translated as “I’ve got it” — they had heard and read used by the New York Mets. “That...

Iowa Summer Rep focuses on families

ASMAA ELKEURTI June 21, 2011

Family — everybody has one: a tightly knit, complex unit of people who love one another unconditionally. Most of the time. The Iowa Summer Rep’s theme for the season examines the absurdities and dramatics...