Petitioners are stationing themselves outside local malls, searching for support on a $75,000 special election for Johnson County residents to vote on the open Board of Supervisors seat.
A committee including...
UI Professor Mitch Kelly said he opens each semester by recounting the tale of a poor lost freshman who wandered into his class looking for the “reetoric” department.
After learning he was in the...
For more than 16 years, policymakers have not asked much about “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” But as politicians begin debating the controversial policy, UI military personnel are also weighing in on...
For UI sophomore and street performer Andrew Wagner, that means a little square of bricks on the Pedestrian Mall next to Brothers Bar & Grill. It’s perfect: not too noisy, with a lot of foot traffic.
“It’s...
Three Iowa City men were arrested after throwing a keg party and allegedly selling alcohol to a police officer and people under the legal age, according to Iowa City police.
John Solsma, 21, was charged...
The Fraternal Order of Eagles delivered the first $5 million installment of a $25 million pledge to establish the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center.
Eagles leaders presented the gift...
A Qwest employee was arrested after allegedly stealing equipment and then selling it, according to Coralville police.
Derek Provence, 40, was charged with two counts of first-degree theft, a Class C felony.
Provence...
A former UI associate professor was named president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis this week.
Narayana Kocherlakota will become the bank’s 12th president, assuming...
UI officials said more TA positions may be cut in response to ongoing state budget woes.
But it’s too early to tell how many or what the scope of the cuts would look like.
There are still numerous...
The three UI students vying for Iowa City City Council seats are hoping early voting, mass e-mails, and work on the ground will make up for their lack of campaign funds.
Hopefuls Terry Dickens and Susan...
When Blair Wagner’s daughter Libby was in third grade, her friends stopped talking to her. For months, Libby was treated as a “nonperson,” and Wagner said she felt helpless watching her daughter...
UI President Sally Mason predicted future adjustments to the university’s budget, but she remained optimistic throughout her annual “State of the U” address Thursday afternoon.
Around 200 people...
