The Iowa City City Council passed a second consideration for a ban on Kratom at their meeting Tuesday night. The councilors passed the consideration in a split 4-3 vote.
Kratom is an herbal drug...
Paul McCray Jr., a professor of pediatrics-pulmonary medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, was the 2024 recipient of the prestigious Trailblazer Award presented by Emily’s...
The City of Coralville has made it unlawful for people and materials to block public sidewalks due to recent issues with an individual occupying a city sidewalk and refusing to move.
Before the...
Iowa City’s Parks and Recreation Department opened a new Ice House Single Track Trail located at Terrell Mill Park.
The bike track trail was officially ready for public use on Aug. 14, and it...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors recently enacted a new way to curb gun violence and community violence as a whole throughout the county: the establishment of a Community Violence Intervention...
For the first time, the Iowa City Police Department is partnering with the Consultation of Religious Communities for a winter clothing drive, combining their efforts to provide essential cold-weather...
Construction on a new, casual, traditional-Japanese-inspired restaurant on Iowa City’s north side is nearly complete. Once the space is fully moved in, service is expected to begin before the month...
Iowa City residents gathered at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area Monday afternoon to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with a series of events honoring Native American presence, history, and culture.
This...
Iowa City is in the early stages of constructing around 30 affordable housing units on North Summit Street.
Tracy Hightshoe, the city’s director of neighborhood and development services, said...
Larry Gullett, the longtime Johnson County Conservation director who played a pivotal role in returning seven acres of ancestral land to the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, died last month, leaving...
Johnson County is seeing a slight uptick in COVID-19 cases as the fall flu season starts. The county health department is encouraging people to get tested and vaccinated for the new season.
According...