The Iowa City Press-Citizen

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 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 »

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 »

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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

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

The president of one of the largest unions in Iowa called on University of Iowa officials to cancel a development trip to the Disney Institute in Orlando, Fla. Full Story »

Just in time for the expensive holiday season, a local calling center is adding more than 50 new positions. Full Story »

The lawsuit charges the Unionville, Ia., man died in 2004 after the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center canceled a medical helicopter flight on its way to pick him up, delaying critical surgery to remove a blood clot in his leg by four hours. Full Story »

A Southeast Junior High student was taken to the Linn County Juvenile Detention Center Friday after allegedly lighting a girl’s hair on fire. Full Story »

Country Music Hall of Fame member Kris Kristofferson will play the Riverside Casino on Feb. 12. Full Story »

The number of low-income elementary school students at each site would be capped at 20 percent more than the district’s average, according to redistricting criteria the Iowa City School Board finalized Sunday. Full Story »