University of Iowa officials are working to draw 10 experts on water sustainability to tenure-track positions by the fall of 2011. With searches underway now, five of the 10 may be here by July 1.
The...
A battle between the Iowa City City Council and some downtown bars over high PAULA-per-police visit ratios will likely be settled by a newly appointed state official.
Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division...
As the redistricting debate heats up in the Iowa City School District, some community members have expressed concern over the practicality of shifting resources among and in schools.
Five elementary schools...
When Luke Mescher felt the floor trembling under his feet, he had no doubt what was occurring.
The University of Iowa senior said his bed started “wobbling like crazy” while the windows shook and...
A Williamsburg, Iowa, man entered the apartment of a former University of Iowa student without consent and sexually assaulted her, the reported victim testified on Monday.
“He looked evil,” she said...
The Iowa City City Council on Monday night postponed discussion on implementing a comprehensive plan which called for creating neighborhoods with a mix of housing types and income levels.
The council...
Fifteen men sat around a conference table at a meeting designed to improve their job prospects. But instead of focusing on résumés, they turned their attention to dinner etiquette.
“How do you let...
Jane Dorman told prospective students at a Hawkeye Visit Day last week that she doesn’t like to think of University of Iowa engineering students as “engi-nerds.”
“This major has a bad reputation...
An inmate at the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility was placed in segregation after he allegedly attacked a female officer early Monday morning.
Antonio Mikhal Johnson, 24, is serving a 10-year sentence...
Two Iowa City police officers received promotions that will take effect next month.
Sgt. Mike Brotherton will be promoted to the rank of police lieutenant, and Officer David Droll will be promoted to...
A University of Iowa adjunct lecturer will run for a seat in the U.S. House, he announced Monday.
Rob Gettemy, a Marion resident, teaches entrepreneurship in the UI Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center. He...
The original Java House will leave Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., on March 7.
It will relocate to the existing Java House at 211 1/2 E. Washington St.
Prairie Lights discontinued the lease...