Imagine sitting in Prairie Lights Books listening to Kurt Vonnegut read the first chapter of Slaughterhouse-Five. His slow, measured speech would begin: “All this happened, more or less …”
Soon,...
Jeff Shipley often attends Iowa City City Council meetings. But he’s not a councilor. He’s on the ballot.
The UI senior is running for an at-large seat on the council, aiming to continue his role...
Nestled in the confines of his basement workshop, surrounded by swords and enough tools to make Bob Vila jealous, Ron Herman twiddles away on a broken épée — a dueling sword for fencing — for an...
An Iowa City woman was arrested after allegedly selling crack cocaine to a person working with police during a narcotics investigation Monday, according to Iowa City police.
Patricia Silvia, 48, faces...
Because of a shipment delay, the UI’s seasonal-influenza program will be conducted in phases, said UI spokesman Tom Moore.
“The first phase focuses on immunizing anyone who works, learns, or volunteers...
The attorney for a former Hawkeye football player accused of raping a female athlete in a Hillcrest dorm room filed paperwork Tuesday asking the judge to further delay the pretrial conference and trial.
Abe...
The Iowa City City Council unanimously voted in favor of a resolution supporting a passenger rail service between Iowa City and Chicago at its meeting Tuesday night.
The Chamber of Commerce needs government...
While the state Board of Regents mull a possible bonus for UI President Sally Mason, other Big Ten institutions have already closed the issue.
Regents recently announced that Mason would not receive a...
Most Tweeting occurs somewhere in the dark dimensions of cyberspace.
But Tuesday night, it crept out into the real world and flittered to Iowa City’s own Hamburg Inn.
The first casual Iowa City “Tweetup”...
Insurance companies won’t take her. Her self-esteem has dwindled. Worst of all, she has to deal with the side effects of HIV every day.
Tami Haught has been HIV-positive for 16 years, and she is covered...
Serenity and clarity aren’t the first things that come to most minds when thinking about Iowa City’s bustling Pedestrian Mall. For Jessica Netolicky, the education programming director at Hancher,...
Lab results today confirmed the second and third H1N1-related deaths in Iowa, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.
Both victims were adult males in eastern Iowa and had personal factors...
