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...
Whether slathered in spices, blanketed in bacon, or sizzling in salt and pepper, corn may come to Iowa City in a whole new package, freshening up the street-food scene one cob at a time.
CorNroc, a new...
Authorities are searching for a man who reportedly sexually assaulted a female UI student in Mayflower early Sunday morning.
According to a joint e-mail from University Housing and UI police, an unidentified...
When UI junior Sara Hershner planned her spring break vacation to Puerto Vallarta last November, she hadn’t heard much about Mexico’s drug wars.
But a heightened rate of crime and violence has led...
With an orange kanga — a cotton cloth symbolizing womanhood in many African communities — wrapped around her body, Grace Gathua performed a piece combining singing, dancing, and drum-beating, kicking...
As stocks plummet and unemployment rates jump, businesses across the country are posting losses.
But there’s no business like show business.
Movie theaters are seeing a counterintuitive trend: As the...
Iowa City School District officials have made their first cuts in an effort to reduce expenses by $6 million over the next two years, Superintendent Lane Plugge said.
Included in the district’s initial...
