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Commuters load and unload busses at the Downtown interchange in Iowa City on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018.

Iowa City implements free transit to encourage voting

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
October 29, 2018
People walk in the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall on Thursday, April 26, 2018. Iowa City has released plans for renovations and updates to the area.

Is Iowa City’s Ped Mall worthy of national landmark status?

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
October 18, 2018
The Old Capitol is shown on Monday, July 25, 2016.

Iowa City flower supports two black-and-gold mascots: Honeybees and Herky

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
October 16, 2018
Members of Johnson County may benefit from community ID

Members of Johnson County may benefit from community ID

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
October 9, 2018
Members of Iowa City CIty Council hold a meeting on Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

Community members quarrel over speed humps

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
October 2, 2018
Newly presented cardboard dumpsters are seated behind the Three Towers apartment complex at 313 S. Gilbert St. on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. The Iowa City City Council passed a mandate in Nov. 2016 requiring all rental units of four tenants or more to provide recycling services. This resolution will be enforced by the end of 2018.

Iowa City still working on effective recycling for apartments one year later

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
October 1, 2018
The ACT sign is seen outside of the ACT Headquarters on Monday, March 5, 2018.

Firm sues ACT for disclosing confidential and sensitive information about test-takers

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
September 20, 2018
A man directs traffic around his friend's stalled car on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding caused the car to stall as he drove down the street.

Iowa City looks to fight flash flooding with new pump system

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
September 18, 2018
The Johnson County Poor House is seen on Sept. 16, 2018. This historical landmark used to house inmates in the 1800s.

Johnson County Historical Poor Farm bringing in charitable food production, low-income housing

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
September 17, 2018
A dog collar is seen on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018.

Iowa City raises pet fees to offset shelter costs

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
September 17, 2018
Pentacrest Gardens as seen on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018.

Iowa City City Council approves Pentacrest Garden rezoning

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
September 5, 2018
Johnson County supervisors listen to public comment on Oct. 9, 2017.

Board of Supervisors start on mental health center project

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
August 21, 2018
Donations sit outside the door to the Food Bank for the Crisis Center of Johnson Coutny on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018. The Food Bank allows Johnson County residents to accept grocery assistance once per week.

Johnson County Crisis Center expands service to food-insecure residents

Maria Kuiper, News Reporter
August 20, 2018
People walk in the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall on Thursday, April 26, 2018. Iowa City has released plans for renovations and updates to the area. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Local businesses confident in Ped Mall construction

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
April 27, 2018
Council members listen to a representative of the zoning commission during a city council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

City Council mulls historic building designations

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
April 18, 2018

Panel of professionals and locals from the community explores hate crime

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
April 11, 2018
The Carver College of Medicine is pictured on April 4, 2018.

University of Iowa research facility scrutinized by animal rights activists for dead ferrets

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
April 5, 2018
Author Lisa Palmer reads her book Hot Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop the Global Food Crisis at Prairie Lights on Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2018. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

Environmentalist warns the world of impending hunger catastrophe

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
April 4, 2018
Asian Pacific Islander community holds a Sexual Assault Awareness Month discussion

Asian Pacific Islander community holds a Sexual Assault Awareness Month discussion

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
March 30, 2018
UI alum, musician to release his first solo album

UI alum, musician to release his first solo album

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
March 22, 2018
Members of Iowa City CIty Council hold a meeting on Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

2019 Fiscal Year expected to enhance community

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
March 7, 2018
The Terry Trueblood Recreation Area is seen on Monday, March 5, 2018. Local organization, Project Green, contributed to the landscaping of this area, along with other green spaces around Iowa City. (Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan)

Project GREEN spruces up public spaces and expands gardens

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
March 6, 2018
Iowa City residents watch their children as the play on Iowa City's newest playground at Mercer Park in Iowa City,Iowa on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. The official opening of the park was declared with a ribbon cutting ceremony. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Park Master plans high bids worry some, but are in good taste

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
February 27, 2018
City Council approves Ped Mall renovations, waives cafe fees

City Council approves Ped Mall renovations, waives cafe fees

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
February 21, 2018
Laura and Pat Blomme stand inside a cow pen on their family farm in Ladora, Iowa on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. The farm, which produces corn, soybeans, pork, and beef, has been in the family for over 80 years. "This farm has been in our family for over 80 years and we want our kids to have the same opportunity we’ve had," Blomme said. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Farmers strive for greener agricultural efforts

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
February 14, 2018
Pastor Anthony D. Smith of the Johnson County Interfaith Cluster addresses the Council regarding racist propaganda being found around the community during a Iowa City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

City Council expands on gender identity

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
February 7, 2018
Sgt. Derek Frank of the Iowa City Police Department patrols on Highway 6 on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Sgt. Frank has been serving with the ICPD for 19 years. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

IC police add new sergeant position for domestic & sexual violence

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
February 7, 2018
Catlett Dining Hall as seen on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. This is the first year Catlett has been open. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

University of Iowa holds first Meatless Monday at dining halls

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
February 6, 2018
in the Congregational Church on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Gurnett worked directly with James A. Van Allen and also worked with the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions. Van Allen was a student and professor of the University of Iowa and an astrophysicist who played a large role in discoveries in cosmic radiation. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

Physicist discusses UI’s role in space research

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
February 2, 2018
Melissa Trepa, a junior at the University of Iowa, poses for a portrait in front of the Stead Family Children's Hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. Trepa, a survivor of Hodgkin's lymphoma, celebrated her fifth year in remission this past October. She is participating in the UI Dance Marathon for the third year in a row, this weekend. (Matthew Finley/The Daily Iowan)

Dance Marathon volunteer to graduate five years cancer free

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
February 1, 2018
Partygoers sing along to Billy Joel's "Piano Man" performed by dueling pianists on Wasahington Street during the Iowa City Downtown District Block Party on Saturday June 25, 2017. The Block Party, hosted by the ICDD was the first use of Iowa City's changed rules allowing open containers for select events downtown (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Downtown Block Party coming back to Iowa City in June

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
January 31, 2018
Iowa City City Council member Rockne Cole reads a proclamation in support of the University of Iowa’s Theme Semester. This semester’s theme is “Climate of Change.” (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

City Council partners with UI’s semester theme of environmental sustainability

Maria Kuiper, maria-kuiper@uiowa.edu
January 17, 2018
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