After the Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted to back funding for emergency contraceptives for survivors of sexual assault in August after state funding was paused, the future of reinstating...
Two commissioners on the Iowa City Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission, or TRC, resigned within two months, citing numerous concerns.
The commissioners, Sikowis Nobiss and Marie Krebs, are the...
The Johnson County Jail roster website, a public website that keeps a record of all current inmates in the jail, is back online after being down for over a month due to a software change. However, certain...
The sticky floors that adorn your traditional college town sports bar are a far cry from what The Box brings to Iowa City.
Although The Box encapsulates the essence of a traditional sports bar-like...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on April 4 to partner with the Be SMART program, a national campaign that provides secure gun storage safety information to communities.
The...
The University of Iowa named Christian Pettker as the new chair and department executive officer for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Carver College of Medicine.
Pettker is a maternal-fetal...
A new minimum wage could be coming to Johnson County.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on March 28 to raise the county’s recommended minimum wage from $12.25 to $12.64...
For Emily Brandenburg, director of Lionheart Early Learning, working in a child care center has always been something she is passionate about.
Since becoming director four years ago, Brandenburg...
Sheala Been, a staff nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, found the unknowns that came with being a first-time mother more stressful...
A new Johnson County nonprofit aims to create the first conservation burial cemetery in the state of Iowa.
Founded just this year, the Back to Ground Natural Burial Cemetery group is in talks...
This is an ongoing story. Check back for updates.
Iowa City police responded to a report of shots fired at 2:01 a.m. on Tuesday in the area of Walden Road and Sylvan Glen Court.
Responding officers...
In October 2023, the University of Iowa Interfraternity Council was criticized for not taking enough action to prevent acts of sexual violence on campus. The council responded to this criticism with...
