Local officials and community members gathered April 3 at the entrance of Lower City Park — a site where the effects of last summer’s flooding can’t be hidden.
Roughly 30 people attended the kickoff...
Throughout Joseph Akol Makeer’s journey through the south Sudan desert, he witnessed atrocities that rivaled the gruesome events taking place in his home village of Duk Payuel.
As he tried to escape...
Curtis Fry is guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Patrick McEwen, 6th District Judge Mitchell Turner said Friday morning.
“Ladies and gentlemen: take note,” Turner said at the conclusion....
Iowa is now one of three states to allow gay marriage.
A unanimous ruling from the Iowa Supreme Court decided that a ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The ruling was handed down Friday morning.
The...
Rabbi Jeff Portman plans to be at the Johnson County Courthouse this morning. It would be the fifth time in the last month.
After a trial that concluded March 13, Curtis Fry, 22, will hear today whether...
UI Professor Emeritus Peter Nathan just can’t stop thinking about alcohol.
But the former interim UI president and provost isn’t thinking about it in the way most UI students do on the weekends. He...
More UI employees and their family members are seeking counseling from the UI Employee Assistance Program — and officials expect the number to climb.
In March, the program’s officials hired a temporary...
Iowa City’s North Side neighborhood is one step closer to being accepted as a historic district.
The Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend a proposal for the neighborhood...
The first few weeks of class are crucial to the success of new students at community colleges, and officials at Kirkwood Community College are already gearing up for a bigger welcome event next semester.
“It...
An average of 1,500 Iowans — 6 percent of the state’s population — die each year from injury-related deaths, according to a recent report by the UI Injury Prevention Research Center and the Iowa...
Courageous trailblazers.
For Quinnetta Claytor, those two words define her fellow Delta Sigma Theta sisters, nearly 100 of whom will descend upon the UI campus this weekend to celebrate the 90th anniversary...
Q: “Why did the UI Main Library install a flat-screen TV to show which computers were open?”
A: The ITS staff in the UI Main Library added a 52-inch monitor in late fall 2008 at the entrance to the...
