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  • Area offices closed for Veterans Day

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – 15 mins ago  

    Several area offices will be closed in observance of Veterans Day Wednesday. Full Story »

  • Law school applications up 53 percent

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – 1 hr 30 mins ago  

    Applications to University of Iowa College of Law are surging, a law school official said. Full Story »

  • Monica’s moving to Coralville Strip

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 11:55 am ET  

    Monica’s Italian Bistro and Pizzeria is moving to the Coralville strip, adding American fare to the menu and changing its name to simply Monica’s. Full Story »

  • Man charged with domestic abuse, bringing pot to jail

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 10:09 am ET  

    An Iowa City man arrested Monday a domestic abuse charges earned a couple more offenses when he brought some pot into the Johnson County Jail. Full Story »

  • Man charged with attempted sexual assault

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 9:54 am ET  

    An Iowa City man has been accused of abusing and attempting to sexually assault a woman in her home. Full Story »

  • Woman allegedly assaults officer during arrest

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 9:54 am ET  

    An Iowa City woman was arrested Monday night for allegedly assaulting a police officer who tried to get her medical attention. Full Story »

  • Union head slams UIHC Disney trip

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:27 am ET  

    The president of one of the largest unions in Iowa called on University of Iowa officials to cancel planning for a $130,000 trip to the Disney Institute in Orlando, Fla., aimed at improving customer service at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Full Story »

  • Mason appears to meet goals

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:27 am ET  

    University of Iowa President Sally Mason appears to have met or exceeded several of her performance goals in the past year, but a full account of Mason’s performance remains unclear. Full Story »

  • Call center adding 55 positions

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:27 am ET  

    The Thomas L. Cardella & Associates call center is hiring more than 50 people this month at its Coralville site, the company announced Monday. Full Story »

  • Church makes its move to Coralville

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:27 am ET  

    The move of St. Thomas More Catholic Church from Iowa City to its new home in Coralville has been 10 years in the making, but at 4 p.m. Saturday, the journey will come to an end. Full Story »

  • Quartet to honor Haydn with performances

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:26 am ET  

    A University of Iowa-based ensemble is honoring the 200th anniversary of the death of the so-called father of the string quartet with a series of performances later this week. Full Story »

  • Urban chickens gaining traction nationwide

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:26 am ET  

    For months, Daniel Strauss has looked out the window of his home on busy Stevens Avenue in Portland, Maine, and noticed as many as six chickens pecking at the soil of his backyard. Full Story »

  • Holocaust lecture set for today at UI

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:26 am ET  

    Cathy Mansfield of Drake University will give this year's Marvin and Rose Lee Pomerantz lecture, "The Sparks Fly Upward: Learning About the Holocaust, Defying Genocide," which will feature performances by University of Iowa School of Music students and faculty. Full Story »

  • Dreamwell to tell story of renegade

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:26 am ET  

    Dreamwell Theatre will present "Playboy of the Western World" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Nov. 20 and 21 at the Unitarian Universalist Society. Full Story »

  • Library gets grant to buy laptop computers

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:26 am ET  

    The Patients' Library at University of Iowa Children's Hospital has received a grant of $2,300 from the American Legion of Iowa Foundation to buy two laptop computers. Full Story »

  • Man accused of defecating in CVS

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:25 am ET  

    An Iowa City man has been accused of defecating in a pharmacy Friday. Full Story »

  • Boy allegedly lights girl’s hair on fire

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:25 am ET  

    A South East Junior High student was taken Friday to the Linn County Juvenile Detention Center after allegedly lighting a girl's hair on fire. Iowa City Police Sgt. Troy Kelsay said the student, who is 13, walked up behind the girl and lit her hair on fire with a Bic lighter at the school. Full Story »

  • American Red Cros offering CPR classes

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:25 am ET  

    The American Red Cross will offer an adult CPR/AED and infant/child CPR plus first aid class from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Monday and Nov. 17 and 19 at 373 E. College St. Full Story »

  • Three win Project of Year award from DOD

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:25 am ET  

    Jerry Schnoor, Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and two students have won a SERDP/ESTCP Project of the Year award from the U.S. Department of Defense for their work at Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, Fla., involving phytoremediation, the use of plants to alleviate the effects of pollution. Full Story »

  • Researchers renewed as HHMI investigators

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Tue Nov 10, 4:24 am ET  

    Two researchers in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine have been renewed for another five years as investigators of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The researchers, Kevin Campbell, Ph.D., and Michael Welsh, M.D., have been HHMI investigators since 1989. Full Story »

  • University Heights election results stand despite recount

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Mon Nov 9, 5:09 pm ET  

    All results from the Nov. 3 city elections stood even after an administrative recount of the close University Heights city council election Monday. Full Story »

  • AFSCME has tentative agreement with state

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Mon Nov 9, 1:24 pm ET  

    A tentative agreement between the state and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has been reached, a spokesman for the union said this morning. Full Story »

  • Urban chickens gaining traction nationwide

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Mon Nov 9, 12:54 pm ET  

    The urban chicken movement is gaining traction, but Iowa City Mayor Regenia Bailey is concerned about having to care for those left behind. Full Story »

  • UI Foundation board elects Dore, Tross

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Mon Nov 9, 12:39 pm ET  

    Two UI alumni have been elected to the UI Foundation Board of Directors. Full Story »

  • St. Thomas More Catholic Church moving to Coralville

    The Iowa City Press-Citizen – Mon Nov 9, 12:24 pm ET  

    St. Thomas More Catholic Church will have a Mass of Dedication in their new church building this Saturday. Full Story »

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