UI police charged a Marion man with his sixth OWI after he was reportedly found driving backwards on Gilbert Street without his headlights on.
Kevin Knapp, 43, was charged Wednesday with OWI. Knapp has...
With a nation at war and in the midst of severe economic doldrums, President Obama asserted in his first State of the Union address Wednesday evening that he has never been more hopeful about America’s...
Gov. Chet Culver plans to return almost $31 million to regent institutions this fiscal year if his newly proposed budget plan is passed.
In a budget report released Wednesday by Culver and Lt. Gov. Patty...
A task force assembled to assess graduate programs is already drawing criticism, but those close to the process stress all findings are preliminary.
The Graduate Task Force released the initial evaluations...
Goodbye Et Cetera. Hello, Slippery Petes.
An owner of 3rd Base, 111 E. College St, along with the bar’s general manager and a third party, recently purchased the bar Et Cetera, 118 S. Dubuque St., after...
Some Iowa City school officials are worried proposed budget cuts could put elementary and secondary media teachers at risk.
“Naturally, when any budget cuts are announced, it scares us,” Horn Elementary...
Johnson County residents will soon see a small increase in their property taxes to help fund a new emergency-communications center.
County residents will be taxed 70 cents on every $1,000 of property...
The UI Student Government passed new election codes on Tuesday evening, changing previous standards on how students can run for office.
The new rules will modify the procedure of candidate complaints,...
One freshman from Hungary learned about the UI through his grandparents. A Chinese student heard about the campus through a friend. Another discovered it on the Internet.
Some international students find...
Firefighter Will Shanahan strapped on a bulky ice-rescue suit the color of an orange traffic cone. Other firefighters inflated an emergency craft.
The gear, used just last weekend to save a 1 1⁄2 year-old...
Ann Campbell has a passion for disaster relief.
The UI associate professor of management sciences has researched relief logistics since the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.
During that disaster, she became...
Members of the Iowa City School Board are worried about students’ test scores.
Students in the School District failed to meet state goals in their Iowa Test of Basic Skills scores in the fall of 2009,...
