Iowa City city councilors say the 21-ordinance is a last resort after years of failed attempts to regulate alcohol consumption downtown.
The most prominent recent examples — the PAULA-per-police visit...
While halftime Hawkeye courts and Homecoming parade routes are typically center stage for university cheer squads, another dance team in town is serving up some competition. And not one of these ladies...
Ronald Mirr asks for money for a living. Since he started in 1987, he’s made $106 million.
But he doesn’t keep the money; he writes grants for Iowa City schools and human-service agencies.
Mirr passes...
In a public forum Wednesday night, University of Iowa Provost Wallace Loh and Graduate College Dean John Keller addressed student concerns about the recently released task-force reports.
Most questions...
Jonathan Schiefer never tried to have non-consensual sex with his accuser, he testified Wednesday.
Speaking quietly as he sat in a Johnson County courtroom on Wednesday, the 34-year-old was one of three...
Budget cuts for fiscal 2011 led the Johnson County Board of Supervisors to propose holding off on pledging funds for a new building to house the ambulance and medical examiner facilities.
The supervisors’...
A panel of University of Iowa faculty members doesn’t think many Iowa City residents have a good “mental map” of the city’s Southeast Side.
So, on Wednesday night, they asked the roughly 50 people...
You may not know her, but Joan Kjaer likely wants to know you.
The Iowa City resident is curious about others.
“I’ve just always, always been interested in meeting people,” said Kjaer, who has...
A birthday cake left on the second floor of the Becker Communication Studies Building triggered a heavy response from the Iowa City Fire Department on Wednesday.
The cake allegedly belonged to Sarah Nebel,...
A 17-year-old charged with first-degree murder has pleaded not guilty, according to online court records.
Charles William Curtis Thompson was charged with the October 2009 shooting death of John Versypt,...
Former Iowa City City Manager Michael Lombardo is one of three finalists for position of the first town manager for Hamilton, Mass., according to the Salem News.
Search-committee members said Lombardo’s...
After two weeks of public feedback from University of Iowa officials and faculty, the UI Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students met Tuesday night to prepare to address UI officials concerning...
