Stephanie Griest fondly remembers the adventurous and worldly bedtime stories her father, a Navy drummer, told her. She got the travel bug early on.
“I just have wanderlust encoded in my DNA,” the...
Iowa City police arrested a man last week after he allegedly beat a dog.
Earnest Mitchell, 54, 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 3427, was charged Feb. 12 with animal abuse after a woman, the dog’s owner, reported...
A UI student and IMU Catering employee was charged last month after allegedly using someone’s ID to steal items from Mayflower Market.
Junqi Ji, 19, 1122 N. Dubuque St., was charged Jan. 31 with third-degree...
An 18-year-old accused of shooting an Iowa City man outside the now-closed Los Cocos bar has accepted a plea agreement, said assistant Johnson County prosecutor Deb Minot.
According to court documents,...
A fire in an Iowa City apartment building on Thursday left 10 residents, including some UI students, without a home.
Iowa City firefighters said the structure, located at 515 E. College St., is probably...
Faculty efficiency has been a focus at the UI for at least two years, but the budget crisis in particular has “accelerated” the need, the faculty council president said.
Because of the diminishing...
Preventing crime and balancing the budget are the two key issues facing Iowa City, Mayor Matt Hayek told the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening.
He addressed a number of the city’s...
The UI is looking to continue boosting its minority recruitment, particularly for Latinos, according to a Monday report from a task force commissioned by Provost Wallace Loh. But several community members...
One of downtown Iowa City’s fiercest advocates will step out of the spotlight this summer.
Leah Cohen, the current president of Iowa City’s Downtown Association, will leave the position on June 1,...
The way UI gifted researchers see it, no child should be left behind — or held back from her or his possible future.
The Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, which works to...
A new committee to decide the allocation of the student activity fees is garnering praise from both sides of a yearlong funding dispute.
The new committee will help determine how much funding groups with...
Justin Marshall has been in jail for more than 90 days.
The 19-year-old is being held as a material witness in conjunction with the Oct. 8 shooting death of John Versypt, the landlord of an apartment...
