The University of Iowa announced March 18 that spring commencement ceremonies are canceled as the spread of the novel coronavirus upends student life, though plans are in the works for an alternative...
After classes moved online for the rest of the spring semester on Wednesday, top University of Iowa administrators commended Hawkeyes in a message to the university community Friday encouraging efforts...
As restaurants and bars across the state have closed to contain the spread of COVID-19, Iowa Workforce Development is being inundated with unemployment claims, the agency’s executive director Beth Townsend...
Update: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued an update to her proclamation, clarifying that the governor's office has suspended all interest and penalties on property taxes. It is not suspending the actual...
We're all in this social-distancing thing together.
Working to slow the spread of COVID-19 has prompted the closure of U.S. higher-education institutions, K-12 schools, bars, restaurants, stores,...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors approved the fiscal 2020-2021 county budget, an increase to elected officials’ biweekly salaries, and the authorization of loan agreements and issue bonds of up...
Sarah Watson, Managing News Editor
• March 19, 2020
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has halted all evictions, according to a release from the office’s civil division.
The Sheriff’s Office will also stop all service of civil papers except those...
A University of Iowa student in the College of Dentistry has self-identified they tested positive for COVID-19, according to a UI email sent to campus Thursday.
The College of Dentistry student...
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said she was not considering putting in place a shelter-in-place order at a press conference on Thursday.Â
Reynolds said the order, which has been put in place in several...
Iowa City announced on Thursday that buses will suspend transit fares and will now require passengers to enter through the back doors to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
According to...
 Iowans who believe they might have the coronavirus should stay home and rest, rather than immediately going to the clinics to be tested, said Gov. Kim Reynolds in a series of videos.
Reynolds and...
In a release on Wednesday afternoon, Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague declared a 'civil emergency', granting the mayor additional powers to distribute resources and mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
According...
