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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

House approves paid-leave bill

SARAH BULMER April 19, 2011

The Iowa House approved a bill Monday that would require public employees to pay back salary they receive while on paid leave if they are eventually convicted of a felony. The proposal passed 95-1; it...

Council wants other cities to help fund new animal shelter

ALISON SULLIVAN April 19, 2011

Iowa City city councilors support plans for a new animal shelter but question whether they can fund all the amenities planned. The councilors said at their work session Monday night they want other Johnson...

Local actress 24 characters in one play

NINA EARNEST April 19, 2011

A backdrop of whitewashed, crisscrossing branches cast dissecting shadows on the Riverside Theatre stage. A lone swing, hanging from the low ceiling, is the only prop in sight. Standing at center stage,...

Police charge Dubuque man with third OWI

DI STAFF April 19, 2011

Police have charged a Dubuque man for driving while intoxicated for the third time. Bradley Wayne Schuttingo, 28, was charged April 16. According to a police report, officers responded to Holiday Road...

Police: Woman threatened witness

DI STAFF April 19, 2011

Police charged a woman with tampering with a witness after she allegedly threatened the person. Jasmine Irby, 20, address unknown, was charged April 4 with third-degree harassment and tampering with a...

Man arrested for allegedly choking girlfriend

DI STAFF April 19, 2011

Police arrested a local man after he allegedly choked his girlfriend during a fight on their way home from a bar. Maurice Hunley Jr., 29, 2650 Roberts Road Apt. 1C, was charged Sunday with domestic-abuse...

Police arrested two after fight outside Union Bar

DI STAFF April 19, 2011

Police arrested two after a fight outside the Union Bar. Elizabeth Dealejandro, 22, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and Yurico Maldonado, 21, were charged Sunday with disorderly conduct, a serious misdemeanor. According...

80-year-old rides horse for Alzheimer’s research

NINA EARNEST April 18, 2011

Bill Taylor and a horse named Liberty are preparing for a journey. But Taylor is not your average cowboy. At 80 years old, he aims to ride across Iowa on horseback to raise money for Alzheimer's disease...

Locals participate in dog relay

ALISON SULLIVAN April 18, 2011

Poised and ready, 11-year old Chloe crouches, staring straight down the 100-foot stretch of mat. A momentary silence falls as the Australian shepherd waits for the signal. "Ready. Set. Go,"...

UISG inaugurates new administration

HAYLEY BRUCE April 18, 2011

Longtime friends Elliot Higgins and Brittany Caplin will finally get their chance to lead after serving for four years as University of Iowa Student Government senators. Come this morning, former UISG...

School unions announce 12 staff cuts

LUKE VOELZ April 18, 2011

Secondary schools in the Iowa City School District will cut the equivalent of 12 full-time positions, a union official said on April 15. School officials said Sunday this could result in larger class sizes...

Spotlight: Dance teacher spreads her art

SETH ROBERTS April 18, 2011

The velvety voice of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli poured into a long, mirror-lined room overlooking the Field House track on April 11. Inside, 40 students moved through a series of ballroom rumba steps,...