Hundreds gathered at the Pentacrest on Saturday morning for the No Kings Vote Early rally. The Iowa City rally was one of almost 3,000 No Kings events across the county, including 30 in Iowa, intended to boost early voting ahead of the Nov. 3 election. The crowd in Iowa City was smaller than the last […]
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Review: Iron Lung plays ‘an all-timer kind of show’ for hardcore fans at Deadwood
On most Tuesday nights, Iowa City’s beloved Deadwood Tavern is a calm, quiet space, filled with not much more than the sounds of light chatter and the collision of billiard balls. But on the night of Tuesday, Oct. 13, there would be no such peace, as the bar welcomed Seattle’s legendary powerviolence duo Iron Lung […]
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Letter from local officials: Johnson County deserves a better plan for public safety
By V Fixmer-Oraiz, Johnson County Supervisor; Katie Freeman, Coralville City Councilor; Mandi Remington, Johnson County Supervisor; Mazahir Salih, Iowa City City Councilor The proposed $94.5 million jail and sheriff’s office bond is the wrong plan for Johnson County: it would commit taxpayers to decades of debt before the county has demonstrated that this costly project […]
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Fatou Traore, an Iowa City resident for more than 20 years, has been deported to Sierra Leone, a country she has no connection to
Fatou Traore, a longtime Iowa City resident, has been deported to Sierra Leone, a country to which she has no connections. Traore was seized by two ICE agents on Sept. 24, when she arrived at her sister’s house at approximately 6:30 a.m. to drive her to work. The agents displayed no identification and did not […]
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Greg Garing ‘set the standard in Nashville.’ Now living in Galena, the country virtuoso will play an intimate QC concert on Sunday
Greg Garing is an old-school real-deal country guy that most folks, country music fans included, have never heard of. He has the quiet bearing of a Zen monk with a personal intensity that brings to mind Townes Van Zandt. He has played with many country and bluegrass superstars including Bill Monroe, John Hartford and Jimmy […]
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‘There are too many cover bands these days,’ says Brian Haas. The New Orleans pianist has something wholly original prepared for Fairfield
The music scene in Fairfield, Iowa has been making moves recently, especially with the opening of the new venue the Blue Rose Ballroom, which boasts a state-of-the-art sound system for visiting music acts. One of the acts that Blue Rose welcomed in its opening celebration last month was the acclaimed New Orleans-based ensemble Nolatet. Scott […]
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This small Iowa city is a Halloweentown on the Mississippi
The first time I walked through McGregor late at night in the fall, I kept stopping to look at the houses. Porch after porch had joined in: pumpkins on steps, skeletons in windows, entire yards given over to the season. On Main Street, scarecrows sat on park benches and wooden ravens perched on storefronts and […]
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With Fatou Traore still in ICE custody, supporters plan Cedar Rapids rally; Grassley says his staff will look into helping
Family, friends and supporters of Fatou Traore are holding a rally and vigil at the federal building in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday morning as they continue their efforts to secure the release of the longtime Iowa City resident from ICE detention. Traore, an immigrant from the West African county of Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), has […]
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John Waters returns to the land of pig filth with new books, an old grudge and a call to take over the world
The day John Waters calls me, he has just finished writing the first draft of his next show, Let’s Take Over the World, which he will present at the Englert Theatre on Oct. 9. The writer and director of films including Pink Flamingos, Hairspray and Cry-Baby and books such as Shock Value and Role Models […]
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Letter to the editor: CommUnity helps neighbors help neighbors
By Leslie Fitzpatrick, Iowa City As someone raised in Iowa City, a University of Iowa graduate, a local small business owner and a proud board member of CommUnity Crisis Services, I care deeply about this community and the people who call it home. There is a lot happening in our community and our country, and […]
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Gov. Kim Reynolds signs law allowing $1.4 billion in tax incentives — roughly $777,000 per job — for steel mill project
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Friday a measure changing a state’s economic development program that could provide nearly $1.4 billion in tax incentives for a $15 billion steel mill project planned in southeast Iowa. “Today, we advance the most consequential economic development project ever to come to our state,” Reynolds said. The governor signed […]
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Hundreds rally to free Iowa City mother seized by ICE and facing third-country deportation; Miller-Meeks asks for stay from DHS
Early last Thursday morning, ICE agents seized a longtime Iowa City resident as she was preparing to drive to work with her sister. Fatou Traore came to the United States in 2005 from the Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), a West African nation. In 2011, an immigration court judge granted her an order of withholding of […]
