UI senior and Daily Iowan reporter Holly Hines won 11th place in the Feature Writing competition of the 2009-10 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. She went up against almost 150 entrants from 75 journalism...
The Iowa City Crisis Center Food Bank served a record number of families last month. On average, 959 families used the service per week in November.
Program director Sarah Benson-Witry said November is...
Johnson County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Solon man after he allegedly caused more than $1,600 in damages to street signs and mailboxes.
Brandon Anderson, 24, was charged with reckless driving and...
The Iowa City City Council on Tuesday evening deferred its decision on a possible franchise fee until Dec. 7.
The fee would go help fund a new Iowa City fire station.
The franchise fee would tax up to...
Members of the UI and Iowa City communities will have to wait another two months for the decision on any increases in tuition next year.
Originally scheduled for next week’s state Board of Regents meeting,...
UI students will have their first chance to directly question UI administrators on budget issues, including tuition increases, and a $100 spring surcharge.
In response to students’ concerns about the...
Seated behind a torch emitting a 12-inch jet of blue flame, David Albery held a tube of molten glass in one hand and a coloring rod in the other.
The 31-year-old, donning a set of protective shades, began...
After two months of waiting, the juvenile curfew is back on the Iowa City City Council’s agenda — with a new amendment.
After adding the amendment, which requires an annual review of any data related...
A growing number of UI students can now highlight their academic work in one location and recieve input from faculty — all online.
Three years ago, Information Technology Services staff members began...
Dipping temperatures may be causing a dip in youth crime on the Southeast Side of Iowa City, but the Iowa City city councilors will still revisit the possibility of a juvenile curfew tonight.
This time...
Mariannette Miller-Meeks announced her plan on Monday to try to run in 2010 against Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District seat.
The Ottumwa, Iowa, native made several stops...
She’s always loved watching people.
As an undergraduate on the historic La Salle University campus in Philadelphia, UI communications Assistant Professor Rachel McLaren didn’t know what to major in....
