Iowa City legislators and local women’s health advocates say they are infuriated by an addition to the House health-care bill that would restrict access to abortion coverage in the private insurance...
Greg Schmidt furiously scrubs his hands and forearms as his research assistant, Vickie LeGare, watches with a hint of impatience.
The duo from the Iowa Lions Eye Bank in Iowa City is about to prepare...
In the middle of mostly white Iowa, UI officials are hoping to attract students with some diverse thinking.
Beginning in the spring of 2010, the university will be the first school in the Big Ten to offer...
Janet Schlapkohl is producing young starlets every day — growing pains included.
Monday’s life lesson: dancing the waltz.
Schlapkohl, 52, founded City High’s “Combined Efforts Community Drama,”...
The Iowa City City Council voted 5-1 in favor of implementing a franchise fee on Tuesday. The vote was the council’s second consideration of the fee; it needs one more vote before the fee passes.
The...
Just before the Iowa City City Council denied a downtown bar’s liquor-license renewal on Tuesday, its owner filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming an ordinance is unconstitutional.
The Summit, 10...
The UI Admissions Office has seen a spike in applications from last year, with the majority coming from students outside Iowa, officials said.
The UI has received around 1,500 more applications this year...
UI Faculty Senate members learned Tuesday that faculty would be subject to the same change in the vesting policy as staff if officials approve the plan.
The proposal, known as cliff vesting, would annul...
A growing number of Johnson County residents are acquiring their meals through local food-support services.
The Crisis Center doled out nearly 40,000 bags of food to needy citizens in fiscal 2009, compared...
Alex Fischels appeared to be smoking on a Chicago’s restaurant patio when the waiter shot him a nasty glare.
But the UI senior wasn’t puffing on a cigarette — he was taking a drag of nicotine vapor...
The trial for a man who allegedly uploaded child pornography in the UI Main Library has been reset.
Martin Jackson, 41, will go to trial Feb. 16, 2010. His pretrial conference is set for Feb. 3.
Jackson...
Iowa City police arrested a Mississippi man after he allegedly offered to pay officers in exchange for letting him go uncharged.
John Landry, 28, was charged with bribery, a felony charge.
He is being...
