For those hoping to open a bar, downtown Iowa City could soon be off-limits.
After deferring a vote at its last meeting, the Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously passed a measure that...
While yards for gardening are left off most apartment rental contracts, Iowa City offers a share of soil to any fresh-food fan in need.
At a local community garden in Wetherby Park, anyone can rent strips...
Micah Matthews will hear today what other sentences await him in addition to mandatory life in prison for his crimes.
In February, 6th District Judge Douglas Russell found Matthews guilty of first- and...
President Obama’s term hasn’t hit the 100-day mark, but his Organizing for America advocacy group is beginning to take shape.
Officially announced a few days before Obama was inaugurated, the Democratic...
With Iowa’s growing wine industry, one would think Dionysus himself might replace the Green Giant as the state’s patron God any day.
It could take a lawyer to make it happen — specifically Jessica...
At the Four Oaks Youth Emergency Shelter on Thursday, three teenage students excitedly took a break from their school day to chat with Iowa first lady Mari Culver.
“This is the best shelter home I’ve...
The new Johnson County Health and Human Services Building will open its doors to the public on Saturday after being under construction for roughly a year and a half.
During its meeting Thursday, the Johnson...
UI administrators acknowledge the recent wave of assaults involving men in downtown Iowa City but say the university’s primary focus continues to be violence against women and the over-consumption of...
Junior Bryan Cobb considers himself lucky.
Unlike many students who are forced to rely on student loans and financial self-sufficiency to get through college, he said he receives significant help from...
In her 25 years of fundraising, UI Foundation President and CEO Lynette Marshall said she has never seen a donation like the one she received last month.
An anonymous donor gave $7 million to the UI.
UI...
For millions of Americans, April 15 is the dreaded tax day. But for hundreds of people who filled the Burlington Street bridge Wednesday, the day meant a protest against taxes locally and nationwide.
In...
UI Hospitals and Clinics officials want to make something clear — there is no delay in the hospital’s expansion.
They’re still in the planning process, they said.
“We are continuing to plan,”...
