As of Monday, Iowa City had a 65 percent mail participation rate for the current census, 5 points above the national average, according to reports from the Census Bureau.
Iowa ranked fifth in the nation...
Your “friend with benefits” could cost you.
Casual partners are likely to have more than one sexual partner at once, a University of Iowa study found. That results in a greater risk of sexually transmitted...
The Iowa City City Council will discuss water fluoridation in Iowa City’s tap water at tonight’s work session.
After being named one of the most important public-health achievements by the Centers...
Stationary. This word means nothing to Deanna Carter in either her professional or personal life.
Whether it is flying between continents, across the stage, or through ideas, the one thing that Carter...
Long-distance travel kept good friends Sarah McKee and Carlie Naughton from celebrating Easter at home.
The women, both University of Iowa freshmen, said they weren’t used to spending the holiday away...
As national Severe Weather Awareness Week begins, University of Iowa officials are urging the university community to prepare for severe weather and visit the UI Severe Weather Website.
This includes...
Lincoln, Neb. — Good news, students.
University and community members have reduced the binge-drinking rate by about 20 percent, according to the ombudsman’s office.
Neighborhoods are safer and quieter;...
Banning underage people from bars was the wisest decision officials in a university town in Illinois made in curbing underage drinking, they say — though it took them a few years to realize it.
In 1994,...
University of Iowa students charged with some alcohol-related offenses will soon have to begin meeting with faculty to discuss substance use.
The new program set to launch in the fall, called Critical...
Gay-rights activists across Iowa are celebrating the one-year anniversary of an Iowa Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized same-sex marriage.
While they tally each of Iowa’s more than 2,000...
Two men shouted ethnic epithets and damaged a van Thursday as officers watched in front of a police station, authorities said.
Andrew Heppner, 18, and Anthony Eick, 20, both of Naperville, Ill., were...
It was a typical Thursday afternoon for Nora Gosselin: hurriedly seating patrons, placing orders, and delivering entrees at the Summit.
She’s worked at the bar for nearly two years, but the city’s...
