One Iowa City police official considers a witness as vital as the physical evidence when investigating a case.
But despite a year of numerous fatal accidents and violent crimes, officers see a discouraging...
A proposed change to include fights and other violent behavior under Iowa City’s ordinance against disorderly conduct would mean more money for the city and less for the state.
The city’s definition...
The typical in-state UI student pays $3,412 a semester in tuition. While that money normally fund such campus services as professors’ salaries and building maintenance, it soon may be used as the collateral...
Despite a percieved wave of violence stretching from downtown to the Southeast Side, Iowa City followed a national downward trend in violent crime.
While the 224 incidents reported to Iowa City police...
Despite an armed robbery attempt in the afternoon this past weekend, Iowa City residents said they are not worried about their safety.
“I walk around, run around, [and I] never feel unsafe,” said...
UI officials have set up numerous accounts on Twitter, but they don’t know how many people are following the novel social networking site.
Updating with the 140-character-limited messages could just...
Medical-school students may not have to face a harrowing list of calculus classes and exams to graduate in the future. According to a recent report, they might only have to demonstrate they know how to...
Many students spend their Friday afternoons downing drink specials downtown. Sarah Chughtai, a UI senior, encountered closed shops and people praying in the streets.
She spent her spring semester in Egypt...
Michelle Kehoe, accused of first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old son, will go to trial with a combination of insanity or diminished responsibility defense.
UI law Professor David Baldus said...
Robin Hemley doesn’t consider himself a troublemaker, but he admits he did cause quite a stir in the Philippines last month.
Unexpectedly, his writing started an international protest against a tariff...
Because Dubuque Street was flooded, it took a fire truck nearly three times longer than usual to reach its destination, Fire Chief Andy Rocca said last July.
A year later, officials are mulling over projects...
The UI Parking and Transportation Department recently began accepting debit and credit cards, potentially streamlining payment at the university’s 12 parking facilities with cashiers.
Parking-lot patrons...
