While the topic of ethnicity has been thrown into the spotlight since President Obama took office, local residents said Tuesday night there needs to be more action on the continual problems in the United...
Alexander Robinson knew he was different during his first day of grade school.
He chose to wear bright yellow pants with a similar color shirt, and as he walked into the girls’ coat room with his friends...
As of Tuesday, officials were testing 29 probable H1N1 influenza cases across the state, health officials said, including one Iowa State University freshman from Marshalltown.
At the UI, officials said,...
With one confirmed case and 29 probable cases of the H1N1 virus in Iowa, the UI Hygienic Laboratory was running without incident Tuesday morning.
While officials have reallocated additional staff to the...
The laundry room at the Johnson County Jail is small.
Smaller than a dorm room. More crowded than the Pedestrian Mall at bar close. And more frequently used than Port-a-Potties on a football Saturday.
Essentially,...
The Iowa City City Council won’t ask residents for input on city projects — at least, not right now.
The council decided against spending money for a public survey at its Monday night work session....
Iowa City police will use an expected $193,000 in federal grant money to purchase equipment and pay for overtime officers working to combat increasing violence in the community, authorities said.
A portion...
Iowa City is known to pull writers and doctors, athletes and artists to the community. Now, the little Midwestern city is making its name nationally as a senior-citizen hub, seducing retirees with activities...
A new state regulation to restrict junk food in public schools means the Iowa City School District will lose almost $200,000 in profit, an official estimated Monday.
“Based on a strict interpretation...
When UI dentistry postdoctoral research fellow Donald Chi asked a first-grade class in Honokaa, Hawaii, how many of them had ever experienced a toothache, he was shocked to see all the students raise their...
Today’s vote on a local-option sales tax will provoke a clash between the two biggest stories in the Iowa City area: the economy and the flood.
Locals face a difficult decision — vote to increase...
Elaine Lopez and Jackie McNeil waited nearly 23 years to say “I do.”
On May 1, with 16 other gay and lesbian couples from Missouri, they got that chance in Iowa City.
While the marriages won’t...
