Street closures have been announced for Saturday’s Downtown Block Party in Iowa City. Starting at 5 a.m. on Saturday the city crews will barricade the following streets. • Iowa Ave from Clinton to Linn • Washington St from Clinton to Gilbert • Clinton St from Iowa Ave to College St at the Ped Mall • […]
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KCCI chief meteorologist resigns after receiving death threat for discussing climate change
This story originally appeared in LV Daily, Little Village’s Monday-Friday email newsletter. Sign up to have it delivered for free to your inbox. KCCI chief meteorologist Chris Gloninger announced on Wednesday he is leaving the Des Moines television station, citing family health issues and PTSD resulting from a death threat he received because of his […]
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Drag ordinances in three Iowa cities are unconstitutional, argues ACLU of Iowa
This story originally appeared in LV Daily, Little Village’s Monday-Friday email newsletter. Sign up to have it delivered for free to your inbox. On Tuesday, the ACLU of Iowa sent letters to the city councils of Dyersville, Pella and Waukee advising them to revise their ordinances restricting drag shows because they are unconstitutional. All three […]
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Four historic sites illuminate Iowa’s role in the Underground Railroad
For the enslaved people in Missouri and Kansas before the Civil War, the path to freedom often ran through Iowa. The crisis of 1820 over how far slavery should be allowed to expand in the territories of the United States acquired in the Louisiana Purchase had set the northern limit for slavery at the border […]
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Iowans’ abortion rights preserved as justices fail to reach decision on Reynolds’ petition
Abortion remains legal in Iowa up to the 20th week of pregnancy as Gov. Kim Reynolds’ latest effort to outlaw almost all abortions in Iowa failed on Friday. The Iowa Supreme Court split 3-3 on her unprecedented petition to have the court dissolve the 2019 permanent injunction on the six-week abortion ban the governor signed […]
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Three bodies recovered from Davenport building collapse; lawsuit filed against owner
The bodies of all three people missing after the collapse of the downtown Davenport apartment building have now been recovered, Police Chief Jeff Bladel said at a city news conference on Monday morning. “Three victims have been recovered from the scene in the past 48 hours,” Bladel said. “On Saturday, June 3, 2023, 11:59 a.m., […]
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Three still presumed inside the rubble of Davenport building; owner issues ‘thoughts and prayers’ for those affected by collapse
This story originally appeared in LV Daily, Little Village’s Monday-Friday email newsletter. Sign up to have it delivered for free to your inbox. At a news conference on Thursday morning, Davenport city officials said three people are still unaccounted for following the collapse of the downtown apartment building at 324 Main St. Previously, the number […]
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Partially collapsed Davenport apartment building is ‘extremely volatile,’ five people still unaccounted for as city plans next steps
The Davenport Fire Department is planning another search of the partially collapsed apartment building in downtown Davenport, once it determines the safest way to do so, Fire Marshall Jim Morris said during a news conference on Tuesday. Morris was one of several Davenport officials who spoke at the news conference on the city’s ongoing efforts […]
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Gary Barta, UI’s embattled Athletics director, abruptly announces retirement
The University of Iowa announced on Friday morning that Athletics Director Gary Barta is retiring. The announcement was a surprise. Barta’s current contract wasn’t set to expire until June 2024, and earlier this year he told the Gazette he hadn’t given “any consideration” to retirement. The statement released by UI Athletics on Friday quoted Barta […]
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Facing up to 21 years in prison, Pieper Lewis requests pardon from Gov. Reynolds: ‘I want to heal and grow with the community’
This story originally appeared in LV Daily, Little Village’s Monday-Friday email newsletter. Sign up to have it delivered for free to your inbox. In a new interview with KCCI News, Pieper Lewis said she’d like to have a meeting with Gov. Kim Reynolds and wants the governor to issue her a pardon. In June 2021, […]
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No swimming at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area ‘due to level of E. Coli’
There will be no swimming permitted at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area, “due to the level of E. Coli detected in Sand Lake,” the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department announced on Monday afternoon. The ban “will last indefinitely until water quality improves.” Updates on the situation will be posted on the department’s Parks and Trails […]
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Report: Anti-diversity group provided model for Iowa law restricting trans care for youth
This story originally appeared in LV Daily, Little Village’s Monday-Friday email newsletter. Sign up to have it delivered for free to your inbox. A nonprofit founded by a retired kidney specialist, who was previously best known for denouncing efforts to address racial discrimination in the medical profession, is a central player in promoting bans on […]
