Todd’s Service Dog Project Bluebird Café — Tuesday, Feb. 2, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. When North Liberty man Todd Bevans had to put down his dog Arvo last month, he lost more than a good friend and daily companion. With Arvo, Bevans could walk to a cafe or listen to live music at a […]
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EPA proposal in Waterloo met with controversy
A proposal to install vapor mitigation systems at a former manufacturing building in Waterloo has alarmed some residents. Groundwater and soil contamination at the former Waterloo Industries building at 300 Ansborough Ave. is the focus of the plan by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The comment period on the plan, which could start this summer, […]
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Record levels in the Iowa and Cedar Rivers raise concern for spring flooding
The Cedar River and Iowa River set record levels this winter for streamflow (the amount of water flowing), for the Iowa River as measured at the Iowa City, Marengo and Wapello gauges. Based on current conditions, service hydrologist and meteorologist Jessica Brooks of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Davenport said the “abnormally wet […]
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Fire destroys kitchen at Shakespeare’s Pub and Grill
A fire seriously damaged the kitchen of Shakespeare’s Pub and Grill at 819 S. 1st Ave. in Iowa City today. Sixteen firefighters showed up to fight the blaze, which began shortly before 10 a.m. No one was hurt. Bartender Roger Barrett says a buildup of heat behind the fryer caused the fire. Firefighters cut holes […]
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Flippin’ awesome pinball and video arcade to host grand opening in Cedar Rapids
The Quarter Barrel, a arcade bar and pizza place in Cedar Rapids is having a grand opening party this Saturday at 6 p.m. Owner Chris Ellis has been working on renovating a century-old building at 616 2nd Ave. in Cedar Rapids and had a soft opening New Year’s Eve party, the first and only day […]
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Sanders rallies young crowd in Grinnell
Bernie Sanders delivered one of his final appeals to Iowa voters yesterday in a Grinnell College gymnasium filled with over 1,200 supporters. Speaking just a couple hours before a town hall forum in Des Moines, he did not mention by name his Democratic caucus rivals Hillary Clinton or Martin O’Malley. Instead, he focused his speech […]
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Trump takes credit for Sanders’ Iowa surge
Donald Trump told a packed house in the Muscatine High School gymnasium that “Bernie Sanders is surging” because of the billionaire’s attacks on Hillary Clinton. Some polls show Sanders edging out Clinton in Iowa. “I was the best thing that ever happened to Bernie Sanders because my attack on Hillary, all of a sudden she […]
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Burns night: Scottish poetry, bagpipes and songs at Trumpet Blossom
An Evening with Robert Burns Trumpet Blossom Cafe — Saturday, Jan. 23, 8 p.m. Scotch bonnets and sonnets, whisky and Scottish Cottage Pie (made with local veggies) are part of Saturday night’s fare at the Trumpet Blossom Cafe. The event, An Evening with Robert Burns: Scottish Songs and Poems, is a celebration of the famous […]
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‘Handmade Puppet Dreams’ screens Friday in West Liberty
Handmade Puppet Dreams Friday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m. — $5.00 Owl Glass Puppetry Center — 319 N. Calhoun, West Liberty A touring festival of puppet films will be screened on Friday in West Liberty at 8 p.m. at the Owl Glass Puppetry Center, 319 N. Calhoun St. The films are curated by Heather Henson (daughter […]
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Will Sarah Palin endorse Donald Trump tonight in Ames?
For the past week, Donald Trump has been teasing his supporters with a surprise announcement scheduled for a rally today in Ames, but some Internet sleuths have already predicted who will join the billionaire businessman on the campaign trail. A flight tracker noticed that a private jet flew from Anchorage to Des Moines last night […]
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Surprises predicted at big GOP caucus night
Jeff Kaufmann, the chair of the Iowa GOP, predicted a “surprise” or two on caucus night. Instead of the traditional three tickets out of Iowa, Kaufmann said in an interview on Monday that there could be as many as five candidates gaining some momentum in Iowa. “We may have a surprise in third that of […]
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Clinton returns to Iowa City to speak at the IMU
Hillary Clinton will visit Iowa City again next week, this time speaking at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City on Thursday, Jan. 21. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the event starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Lounge of the IMU. Earlier in the day, the former secretary of state will appear at […]
