On Nov. 12, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, released a public notice recommending two segments of the Iowa River, along with segments from other Iowa rivers, be added to the state’s impaired...
Ground has recently broken to begin construction on ALPLA’s new $10 million, 35,000-square-foot Learning and Development Hub in Iowa City.
ALPLA is an Austrian-based company specializing in plastic...
Brian Thompson, a 1997 University of Iowa graduate and class valedictorian with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, and the CEO of the health insurance company UnitedHealthcare since...
Mary Kay Kusner sat on an ottoman across from Mike Bosch, who took up his usual spot on his living room armchair on Thursday, Oct. 4. Kusner leaned in toward Bosch as he spoke of his love for his oldest...
This is the third installment in a multi-part series about school safety in Iowa.
Following the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where a high school student killed 19 students...
Corrective legislation passed in March places limits on certain THC and hemp products. The bill, officially signed into law in May, prohibits retailers in Iowa from selling THC products with more than...
The Iowa City downtown area is always changing. New businesses come and go, but one thing that outlives a natural business cycle is culture. However, unlike flashing neon signs and ads in the paper,...
With low chronic absenteeism rates, exceptional student growth, and a demonstration of proficiency in English language arts, mathematics, and science, Solon Middle School is one of the top schools...
A group of five undergraduate students turned a $20 startup project in University of Iowa professor Bob Walker’s entrepreneurial finance class into a business that raised $6,000 for the UI Stead...
A familiar shopping and community space for many people in Iowa City will be under new ownership in the coming years after the Iowa Board of Regents approved the University of Iowa’s request to purchase...
Iowa City’s Court Street is set to receive a nearly $10 million facelift starting in early 2025. The project would remove and replace water and sewer utilities, streets and sidewalk pavement, traffic...
Every day, kids are placed in foster care across the nation. Sometimes, those kids can be as young as just a few days old and be surrendered using Safe Haven laws.
Safe Haven Baby Boxes is an organization...
