Opponents of gay marriage are nursing wounds from last week’s Iowa Supreme Court ruling. But they’re not admitting defeat.
While the legal battle regarding who has the right to marry is over in Iowa,...
• December 2005 — Lawsuit is filed in Polk County. The two plaintiffs are Kate and Trish Varnum, a Cedar Rapids couple, who file suit after then-Polk County Recorder Tim Brien denied the couple marriage...
Iowa will likely see economic benefits after last week’s Supreme Court decision to legalize same sex marriage, according to a report.
“The Impact on Iowa’s Budget of Allowing Same-Sex Couples to...
Though she fully expects budget cuts, UI President Sally Mason told university professors the future is still unclear.
“With our state budget and national economy in significant decline, we may be facing...
Local officials and community members gathered April 3 at the entrance of Lower City Park — a site where the effects of last summer’s flooding can’t be hidden.
Roughly 30 people attended the kickoff...
Throughout Joseph Akol Makeer’s journey through the south Sudan desert, he witnessed atrocities that rivaled the gruesome events taking place in his home village of Duk Payuel.
As he tried to escape...
Curtis Fry isn’t a murderer, 6th District Judge Mitchell Turner decided on April 3.
For beating 75-year-old Patrick McEwen to death in February 2008, Fry could serve up to 10 years in prison for voluntary...
Curtis Fry’s April 3 verdict announcement rattled the campus and the community. After all, he started out in a familiar situation, especially in Iowa City standards: turning 21 and going barhopping....
UI senior Michael Goldberg is keeping his job search simple — a technique that seems to benefit all college graduates getting ready to enter an unstable job market.
“My goal is to find a place to...
Iowa City police are investigating two more assaults downtown this past weekend, something officials have said — and locals are figuring out — is not unusual.
In the first incident, officers responded...
Tucked behind Burge and Currier Residence Halls and overlooking the Iowa River, North Hall — an unpretentious brick building — has served numerous purposes for Iowa City since its construction in 1925.
North...
Curtis Fry is guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Patrick McEwen, 6th District Judge Mitchell Turner said Friday morning.
“Ladies and gentlemen: take note,” Turner said at the conclusion....
