Despite a pledge to build and staff a fourth fire station in Iowa City, city councilors on Tuesday took the salaries for the firefighters out of a now-approved fiscal 2010 budget, leaving the future of...
UI sophomore Kendall Kasik is going to Peru for spring break.
Peru, Ill.
In more prosperous years, UI students have fled the dreary and temperamental Midwest weather for warmer climates in exotic locations.
This...
Having to speculate on hypothetical financial scenarios may seem to be nearly impossible, but UI faculty have no other choice until final decisions are made.
And that may not be for months.
But in the...
Four home nurses testified at the murder trial of 22-year-old Curtis Fry on Monday, describing their patient — whom Fry allegedly beat to death — as weak and unstable.
Fry, of Wilton, Iowa, is charged...
Both parties involved in an alleged sexual assault in Mayflower on Sunday morning have voluntarily come forward and agreed their actions were consensual.
No further action will be taken regarding the...
A look back
This past weekend’s rain left 2 feet of standing water in Marsha Darby’s yard just outside of Iowa City. And though it had subsided to a few inches on the squishy turf...
Some of the nation’s top natural-disaster experts will head to Iowa City this week, ready to help the UI community understand the science behind the summer’s flood.
The speakers — hailing from major...
UI graduate student Jessie Grafenberg has seen it all too often.
An oblivious driver, looking to make a right turn at a red light, narrowly avoids barreling into her as she waits on her black-and-red...
Longtime Daily Iowan staff member Kelsey Beltramea will be the editor in chief for the 2009-10 school year, working toward continued web and television convergence, in addition to community involvement.
The...
All UI faculty, professional and scientific employees, and institutional officers could see their salaries frozen for fiscal 2010.
State Board of Regents President David Miles said he plans to ask the...
As some UI students pack their bathing suits, suntan lotion, and flip-flops in preparation for spring break, others are loading their suitcases with work boots and T-shirts.
Many alternative spring-break...
Recent tallies indicate the UI’s College of Law received 10 percent fewer applications than last year, and the UI’s Graduate College has experienced an 8 percent dip. Despite falling numbers, university...
