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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

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...

IC police arrest Hiawatha woman for assault

DI STAFF June 20, 2011

Iowa City police arrested a Hiawatha, Iowa, woman after she allegedly assaulted another woman. According to complaints, Brogan assaulted a woman who requested several times that Brogan leave her house....

Marion man charged with extorting a teen girl

DI STAFF June 20, 2011

Johnson County deputies arrested a Marion man after he allegedly contacted an underage girl through a social-networking site and threatened to post naked photos of her. Daniel Joseph Herrig, 51, was charged...

Police: North Liberty man threatened to shoot woman

DI STAFF June 20, 2011

A North Liberty man was arrested by Iowa City police after he allegedly threatened to shoot a woman. Joel Venteicher, 35, was charged June 17 with domestic-abuse assault with intent and first-degree harassment. According...

Pawlenty, Cain say they’d sign deficit budget

ADAM B SULLIVAN June 20, 2011

DES MOINES —Three Republican presidential hopefuls condemned federal spending at an event over this past weekend. The budget deficit is burdening the next generation, endangering the economy, and threatening...

Local organizations flood Sen. Hamerlinck’s email

BRITTANY TREVICK June 20, 2011

Students across Iowa said they are still in search of an apology from an Iowa senator who tried to discourage them from lobbying at the Capitol earlier this month. And despite an official apology issued...

Iowa City ‘proud’ of LGBT Pride weekend

IAN STEWART June 20, 2011

Waving rainbow banners and beating on drums, the paraders started down Johnson Street to the cheers of onlookers sitting in College Green Park. Then, the eclectic group wound its way through Iowa City’s...

UI senior an emerging DJ

ZACHARY POUND June 20, 2011

When Liz Alonzi steps up to the turntables, she said she feeds off the give-and-take between her and the crowd. Her goal: to give the audience members something they’ve never heard before. Musicians...

Families gather for first-annual turkey vulture festival in Coralville

BRIAN ALBERT June 20, 2011

Four turkey vultures sat perched on the jagged gray rocks of the Coralville Dam on June 18. Huddled closely, the birds fully extended their wings — most reaching a length of 5 or 6 feet across — to...

Area man charged with willful injury

DI STAFF June 20, 2011

An Oxford man was arrested by Johnson County Deputies after he allegedly choked his girlfriend in an alley outside a bar. Jeremy Joseph Prymek, 41, was charged June 18 with willful injury causing bodily...

UI spends $13,000 on provost search, down from 2008 search

LUKE VOELZ June 17, 2011

The University of Iowa spent almost $13,000 on a search that would lead to the permanent appointment of the interim provost, according to documents released Thursday. However, Provost P. Barry Butler’s...

Iowa City Animal Center to launch fundraising drive

ARIANA WITT June 17, 2011

Twinkle roamed the floor of the Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center Thursday. He poked his wet nose and lengthy whiskers into the cage of fellow felines before settling in the lap of Jackie Wieczorek,...