During its meeting on Tuesday, the Iowa Board of Regents approved the University of Iowa’s plan to purchase Mercy Hospital of Iowa City. The plan calls for UI to pay $20 million for “substantially all” of Mercy’s assets, including the 234-bed Iowa City hospital, as well as the Mercy Family Medical Centers in Kalona, Tipton, […]
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Cooling centers around Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, the Quad Cities and Waterloo
It’s hot. Really hot. On Thursday, around 150 million Americans were under heat alerts, with temperatures across the Midwest exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit. “Even those places that are used to extreme heat have never seen as hot as it is now for as long as it’s been,” President Joe Biden said Thursday, directing the Department […]
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Fully Booked: Compelling nonfiction to inspire your travels
Can’t decide what to read next? Librarians at the Iowa City Public Library have some ideas. Browse the ICPL’s collection of print books and audiobooks online. Summer is here! For me that means it’s almost time for two of my favorite reading situations: one, where I’m in a very comfy chair, near the water, preferably […]
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Iowa City relaxes (some) rules around keeping yard chickens
Eleven years after first allowing Iowa City homeowners to keep a few chickens in their backyard, the Iowa City Council has approved several major changes to the city’s urban chicken ordinance. The changes approved on Tuesday included increasing the number of yardbirds allowed in a yard — from four hens to six — and whose […]
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Employees at Iowa’s only unionized Starbucks ‘strike with Pride’ as part of national campaign
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. The sky was overcast early Friday morning, but spirits were high on the picket-line outside the downtown Iowa City Starbucks. The store’s workers were joining unionized workers at 150 other Starbucks across […]
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Street closures for Downtown Block Party in Iowa City announced
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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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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‘We all suffer from the loss of them’: How the AIDS crisis shaped the next generation of LGBTQ activism in Iowa City
This is the final article in a three-part series examining the legacy of HIV/AIDS in Iowa City. In the early 1980s, Rev. John Harper was a fresh-faced graduate student at the University of Iowa and a semi-active member of the Gay People’s Union. He’d heard about some disease affecting gay men in New York and […]
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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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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 […]
