Iowa City city councilors approved the use of a computerized mapping model to determine the location of affordable housing in Iowa City.
After no discussion or public comment, officials voted 7-0 in favor...
As students walk through the glass doors of the Van Allen Commons, they walk into a world of deep concentration and collaboration.
An array of computers, desks, movable whiteboards, soft seating, and...
Despite the facility’s award-winning abdominal organ transplant center, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics officials aren’t getting any attention from Des Moines health-care centers.
The UIHC...
The past few weeks have been a wild ride for musician Caleb Hawley.
Since his audition for “American Idol” was featured in the first 10 minutes of the season première, he’s seen a jump in support...
The National Rifle Association may be planning to challenge a new Iowa City resolution that would increase gun control on city-owned property, one Iowa City official said.
Assistant City Attorney Eric...
The number of students receiving Pell Grants and the amount they receive could decrease in the next fiscal year as a result of President Obama’s new education-budget proposal.
Federal Pell Grants provided...
Local educators said students would receive less individual attention following Grant Wood Area Education Agency’s recent layoffs.
State budget cuts, low enrollment, and several other factors forced...
A population increase in Johnson County will likely mean more federal money for local transportation improvements, but officials aren’t yet sure how much they’ll receive.
According to the 2010 Census,...
Iowa legislators agree that a proposed bill to force the University of Iowa’s Museum of Art to sell a multimillion-dollar Jackson Pollock painting is not likely to be passed into law.
Some think the...
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad unveiled on Tuesday his new preschool program designed to award scholarships to low-income families, setting aside $43.6 million in state appropriations.
“By providing all Iowa...
George Paterson sat in a room closely resembling a NASA mission-control center on Monday.
But instead of counting down to a shuttle launch, Paterson, a University of Iowa utilities systems specialist,...
The smell of coffee beans roasting wafts through the air. It goes past the counter toward the customers sitting on comfy couches and antique chairs reading books, talking, or writing. Claudia McGehee observes...
