As the budget-crunching clock ticks away, members of the six task forces across campus are working feverishly to produce cost-saving proposals to UI administrators.
Initiated by UI President Sally Mason,...
More and more Iowans are using free health clinics — and officials said they expect the number to grow as the unemployment rate skyrockets.
At the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic, officials said they...
A toxicologist testified he is sure Curtis Fry was blacked out from drinking too much the night he allegedly killed a 75-year-old man.
Terry Martinez, who also specializes in pharmacology, said after...
All overflow inmates from Johnson County Jail will now be taken to Marshall County Jail — a move that will make it easier to track inmates and could save the county hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
The...
Ahmed Al Zahrani’s family still enjoy home-cooked meals at least twice a day since moving to Iowa City eight months ago. But grocery shopping more than once a week can be painful for the family from...
Iowa City authorities are discussing how to spend almost $200,000 expected to be granted to the police through the federal Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program.
Though city officials still need...
An Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent said Curtis Fry was shocked, scared, and shaking when officials told him he was suspected of killing an elderly man while intoxicated last year.
Prosecutors...
With more than 100 local businesses serving alcohol, one thing is clear — it’s easy to get your hands on liquor in Iowa City.
Health Iowa Assistant Director Tanya Villhauer believes this accessibility...
UI junior and English major Cathryn Spinler had dreams of breaking into the publishing industry.
But with the current economy, jobs and internships in the field are hard to come by. So the 21-year-old...
With more than 10,000 hits and 237 submissions and counting, the UI budget website has been receiving cost-shaving suggestions ranging from sacrificing landscaping and fixing leaky faucets to cutting salaries...
Through the myriad topics covered in Wednesday’s open forum about revisions to the UI’s sexual-harassment policy, one thread bound the responses together: to be proactive rather than reactive.
“We...
In May 2008, UI senior Brian LaGro was rushed into surgery after being nearly beaten to death.
Between October 2006 and July 2008, almost 40 women were reportedly sexually assaulted on the UI campus and...
