New legislation aims to protect the safety of waste and recycling workers. By Charles Peckman [email protected] Legislation that will take effect July 1 targets workers in the waste and recycling...

The Iowa City School Board deliberated over the redesigned plans for the new playground at Shimek Elementary School. By Emily Kresse [email protected] With the next school year quickly approaching,...

Kingsley Botchway, the director of equity and engagement for the Iowa City School District, on Tuesday presented the 2016-17 update for the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Plan to the...

The immigration task force updates the School Board on recommendations. By Autumn Diesburg and Emily Kresse [email protected] A task force created to analyze the needs of student immigrants presented...

The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital opened in February, and already, U.S. News & World Report ranks it in six specialties in its online 2017-18 Best Children’s Hospitals list. This...

Refugees settling in Johnson County will now have increased access to vaccines. The Johnson County Public Health Department is working with refugees to eliminate travel and cost barriers that prevented...

Katherine Will is set to travel from the green fields of Iowa to the mountains and pampas of Argentina for a year. Will, a recent University of Iowa graduate, received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship...

President Trump’s recent rally at the U.S. Cellular center in Cedar Rapids united his loyal following and also his staunch critics. By Madeleine Neal [email protected] When President Trump...

The Iowa City Downtown District held the first Iowa City Block Party on June 24. By Madeline Deninger [email protected] As large crowds gathered in downtown Iowa City for the June 24 Block Party,...

Amanda Scott, a University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics employee, will run from Des Moines to Davenport this week — 176 miles in seven days. She undertakes the multiple-marathon challenge as part of...

Iowa City community members learn about the business of urban farming. By Autumn Diesburg [email protected] With urban farming continuing to take hold in communities, would-be urban farmers...