Iowa residents seem to be taking the Department of Natural Resources’ bait, even though officials say they aren’t using any kind of fancy lure.
The department is on pace to set a record for fishing...
Universities facing sexual-assault lawsuits may be reprimanded not only for how officials responded but also for how they failed to prevent alleged incidents.
Lawyers from at least seven Big Ten universities...
Campus is getting crowded — at least for the UI Hospitals and Clinics. The organization is planning to expand, seeking state Board of Regents’ approval for an off-site building project.
Despite experiencing...
After inadvertently letting a burglar into his Arlington, Va., apartment building, Greg Whisenant decided to take action.
He founded a web-based crime-mapping service, which would have allowed police...
Victor Mansur, a recent UI graduate, drives a 1993 Jeep Cherokee. Under a government program to take effect at the end of the month, his vehicle could be eligible for a $4,500 rebate if he trades it in...
A rare heart abnormality may seem noteworthy in patient’s medical record.
But a recent study shows roughly 60 percent of those with the problem had no record of it even after three months of physicians...
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission officials will decide July 16 whether they will consider applications from five Iowa counties interested in opening new casinos: Lyon,...
On Monday, 28 teenagers from the Chicago area loaded into vehicles and were whisked across Illinois and the Mississippi River. Four hours and some car trouble later, they arrived on the UI campus and checked...
In any given year, there’s a 0.2 percent chance that a flood of last year’s magnitude will affect the Iowa City area.
Still, the Iowa City public-safety departments — some of which saw delays in...
Medical-industry conventions typically offer myriad goodies for attendees: dizzying displays of free pens, post-it pads, and doughnuts resting in front of panels of advertisements for new drugs or lab...
National recognition, redistributed decision-making power, and increased community awareness — Steve Estes, the CEO of the area substance-abuse treatment center MECCA, wants to see some changes.
Anticipating...
If this looks blurry, blame your genes.
Thanks to a $3.6 million grant, UI researchers are delving into the genome to seek answers for glaucoma patients.
Awarded by the National Institutes of Health,...
