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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

2 charged with 3rd OWIs

DI STAFF October 12, 2009

Authorities charged two local men with drunk driving for the third time over the weekend. William Northamer, 33, Coralville, and Dejuan Rance, 39, North Liberty were charged with third-offense OWI in...

City gets funding for fire station

DI STAFF October 12, 2009

Iowa City officials received slightly more than $2 million to help fund a fourth fire station last week. The city was granted $2,268,867 in I-JOBS Local Infrastructure Program funding, which officials...

Officials carry on normally despite budget mandate

EMILY BUSSE and JOHN DOETKOTT October 12, 2009

UI officials say a directive to freeze hiring and suspend new construction projects in light of massive budget cuts is unclear, and the university has seemingly continued with normal operations. State...

Death shocks local community

SHANE ERSLAND October 12, 2009

Community members say they are perplexed by the irregularity of an act that left a man dead on the Southeast Side of Iowa City last week. Iowa City police officers responded to 1958 Broadway building...

Victim described as ‘caring landlord, family man’

REGINA ZILBERMINTS October 12, 2009

CORDOVA, Ill. — John Versypt spent most of last week winterizing his cream- and charcoal-colored motor home. He waxed the entire structure by hand — he thought he could do better than a machine —...

Missing UI student possibly found in Cedar Rapids

MARLEEN LINARES October 12, 2009

A rescue search team believes it found the body of missing UI student Jacques Similhomme on Oct. 10 along the Cedar River. According to Cedar Rapids police, authorities found the body near Tait Cummins...

Forum to discuss Hancher relocation today

SAM LANE October 12, 2009

The public will have one of its final opportunities to weigh in on the relocation of Hancher Auditorium tonight. The second and final forum on this issue, which will start at 6 p.m. in Macbride Auditorium,...

Budget cuts hit Iowa City schools

HOLLY HINES October 12, 2009

The Iowa City School District will need to use the majority of its reserve money to cover the roughly $5.6 million in cuts it faces after recent statewide budget reductions. The slash comes after Gov....

Website shares comedic Cambus stories

NICOLE KARLIS October 12, 2009

First, there was FML. Then texts from last night. Now, UI students can swap juicy campus stories on a new website: Overheard on Cambus. When a Cambus ride turns hilarious — usually after a passenger...

Panel to aid in redistricting Iowa City schools

HOLLY HINES October 12, 2009

As part of a plan to address re-districting issues in the Iowa City School District, officials are reaching out to the community to form a committee specifically targeting the issue. Parents, teachers,...

Spotlight Iowa City: The engineer of human valves

SAMANTHA HONKEN October 12, 2009

Andy Wagner is living life at large on a very small scale. The fourth-year Ph.D. candidate spends most of his time in his research lab in the UI Pharmacy Building conducting cellular-level tissue engineering...

2 charged with fighting officers

DI STAFF October 12, 2009

Iowa City police charged two men with fighting police officers over the weekend in two separate incidents. Police charged Cole Riley, 22, of Chicago with interference with official acts causing bodily...