On Friday, 13 Russians and three companies—described by The Washington Post as “a notorious Russian group of Internet trolls”—were indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of his investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. Tucked away in the indictment is a strange detail that calls to mind a 2016 incident in western Iowa’s Carroll County.
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Exhibit makes ‘Invisible Hawkeyes’ visible
Dora Martin made history at the University of Iowa in 1955, and university officials pretended it didn’t happen. Martin, an African American undergraduate, was elected “Miss SUI” by her fellow students.
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Community group explores a more affordable alternative to Iowa City’s internet service providers
The Community Internet Project is exploring how to set up a mesh network that would provide free wireless internet access to parts of the city.
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Save CR Heritage is celebrating five years of promoting preservation in Cedar Rapids with a tour of restored New Bo buildings
On Saturday, Save CR Heritage will be hosting a tour of historic properties in south end of Cedar Rapids’ New Bohemia District.
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Report: Latinos in Iowa City are four times more likely to be rejected for home loans than whites
A new report by the Center for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) found that Latinos in Iowa City were four times more likely to be rejected for a conventional home loan than non-Hispanic whites.
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Iowa’s ‘stand your ground’ law successfully used for the first time
On Monday, the first successful use of the Iowa’s stand-your-ground (SYG) law occurred in Red Oak, when a judge declared Kevin Staley was immune from prosecution in the shooting death of Devin Davis.
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A short-film festival at the Iowa City Public Library will highlight black musicians and leaders
The library’s Storytime Room will host a mini black history film festival Saturday starting at 11:30 a.m., geared towards the whole family (and with popcorn for all). Black musicians are at the center of many of the featured films.
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Judge orders Apartments Downtown to pay millions in death of worker
The manager of Apartments Downtown, Inc., Iowa City’s biggest apartment rental companies, was ordered to $5.6 million on Tuesday, after a jury found him responsible for the death of a one of the company’s maintenance workers in 2016.
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Iowa lawmaker explains why she wants to make it harder for victims of domestic and sexual abuse to get protective orders
During a meeting with constituents on Saturday, Rep. Sandy Salmon claimed the two bills she introduced in the Iowa House of Representatives this month that would make it harder for victims of domestic and sexual abuse to get temporary protective orders were just attempts to “explore some options that curb abuses in the system.”
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Gov. Reynolds supports bill that cuts reporting requirements on state’s privatized Medicaid program
During her regular weekly press conference on Monday, Gov. Kim Reynolds said she is committed to transparency, but also came out in favor of cutting the amount of publicly reported information about how well the state’s controversial privatized Medicaid management program is performing.
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Your Village: What’s being built across the street from Hamburg Inn No. 2?
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Legalize (all of) it! The surprising position on drugs in the platform of the Iowa Democratic Party (Updated)
It’s no longer surprising when a politician comes out in favor of decriminalizing marijuana, but it is a little surprising that it’s the official position of the Iowa Democratic Party that all drugs should be legalized. At least that the official position on paper—none of the state party’s leader have actually endorsed taking that step.
