A new state regulation to restrict junk food in public schools means the Iowa City School District will lose almost $200,000 in profit, an official estimated Monday.
“Based on a strict interpretation...
When UI dentistry postdoctoral research fellow Donald Chi asked a first-grade class in Honokaa, Hawaii, how many of them had ever experienced a toothache, he was shocked to see all the students raise their...
Switching out baseball caps and beers for fresh produce and reusable bags, locals packed a parking lot for opening day of the Farmers’ Market season.
Pedestrians and produce-filled pickup trucks brightened...
Despite a shortage of nurses nationwide, the economic recession is limiting the number of positions available to graduating nursing majors.
To make themselves more competitive, many are heading to graduate...
Van Allen Hall is often seen as a reminder of the 1991 shooting on the UI campus, but the building is famous for more than the gruesome event.
The building has been occupied by the physics/astronomy department...
Elaine Lopez and Jackie McNeil waited nearly 23 years to say “I do.”
On May 1, with 16 other gay and lesbian couples from Missouri, they got that chance in Iowa City.
While the marriages won’t...
There’s a good chance the seven probable H1N1 cases in Iowa will come back positive, adding to one already-confirmed illness, health officials said Sunday.
“When we have probable cases, it’s highly...
Jesse and Mary Griffen left behind a destitute life in England. Seeking religious and material relief in the West, the train took them, along with 148 other Mormon immigrants, from Boston to Iowa City.
In...
For the hundreds of deaf or hard-of-hearing students at the UI, such simple tasks as waking up, greeting someone at the door, and taking notes in class all prove to be challenging.
Living with a hearing...
For gay-marriage supporters, last month’s ruling brought jubilation; for opponents, outrage.
But for officials at the Iowa Department of Tax Revenue, it was treated analytically, as they worked to assess...
Students will likely see a tuition increase akin to last year’s 4.2 percent hike, Regent Robert Downer said Sunday night.
“I am not excited about going back to the days of double-digit percentage...
Iowa City’s next city manager search could come without much of a price tag.
The Iowa City City Council paid a recruitment service more than $30,000 over nine months to find former City Manager Michael...
