Like the princesses in many a fairy tale, Princess the dog was not meant to be caged. The pit-lab-mystery mix is a sight to behold when given an open, comfortable space, prancing like a graceful doe and taking in all her surroundings.
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Revised Ped Mall improvement plans highlight the history of Black Hawk Mini Park
History played a big role at the meeting on the future of Iowa City’s Ped Mall on Thursday night. At the first public meeting on the Pedestrian Mall Improvements Project in July, the focus was on engineering and structural improvements.
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Return of menswear announced for downtown Iowa City boutique
Dapper-dressing dudes will soon be able to add another downtown stop to their regular shopping rounds: Sheila Davisson, owner of Revival and Revival 119, announced in an email that her clothing boutique on the Iowa City Ped Mall will soon bring back its permanent men’s section.
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Letter to the editor: Susan Mims is ‘the best candidate’ for Iowa City Council District B
I am writing in support of Susan Mims for Iowa City Council. I value city council members who are smart, well prepared, open minded and compassionate. Susan exemplifies these attributes.
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New parade kicks off Halloween early in Cedar Rapids
When it comes to Halloween, you might be on the lookout for floating phantasms and the like. But floats of a different kind will celebrate the spooky holiday as the Halloween Parade wends its way through the streets of the New Bohemia District and Czech Village on Friday night, Oct. 27.
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Alchemy Strength and Conditioning holds rowathon to support DVIP, RVAP
This Sunday, Oct. 29, Alchemy Strength and Conditioning (2325 James St., Suite 6 and 7, Coralville) will be hosting a fundraiser for the Rape Victim Advocacy Program (RVAP) and the Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) — two Iowa City organizations whose budgets have been hit hard by state and federal funding cuts.
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New designs for the Ped Mall will be unveiled at a public meeting on Thursday
An update on plans for the improvements to Iowa City’s Ped Mall will be presented on Thursday evening at the Sheraton Hotel. The improvements are the next step in the Downtown and Pedestrian Mall Streetscape Plan that was approved by the city council in 2014.
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Comey tweets: Former FBI director James Comey makes news with a tweet from Iowa
Like the president who fired him, former FBI Director James Comey made news with a tweet this past weekend. Unlike Trump, Comey didn’t do it by attacking people or claiming credit for the work of others (the law declassifying the JFK assassination record was signed in 1992). Instead, Comey published a tweet on Sunday that finally confirmed his twitter handle is Reinhold Niebuhr (@FormerBu). It was a tweet from Iowa.
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Letter to the editor: City Council candidate Susan Mims ‘is the right person, at the right time, for the right job’
Sometimes a community gets lucky. A candidate for city council steps forward who is the right person, at the right time for the right job. And for Iowa City, we are lucky again: Susan Mims is seeking re-election.
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Obscure change in federal regulations may have big impact on local TV news in Iowa, and make the news more pro-Trump
On Tuesday, the Federal Communication Commission voted to eliminate a 77 year-old rule intended to ensure TV and radio stations serve the needs of their local communities. The vote on the so-called “Main Studio Rule” followed party lines, with all three Republican commissioners voting in favor of killing it, and both Democrats voting to preserve it.
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‘I was patient zero of losing a personal reputation’: Monica Lewinsky will be speaking at the IMU tonight
Monica Lewinsky was 24 years old was she suddenly became internationally famous in January 1998. In a 2015 TED Talk, Lewinsky described what it was like when news broke that she, a White House intern, had been having an affair with President Bill Clinton.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds calls Iowa liberals ‘unhinged’
Speaking at a fundraiser on Saturday, Gov. Kim Reynolds said, “As we all know as we travel the state, the liberals are unhinged and they are out for us.” The remarks came at the end of Reynold’s Harvest Festival in Des Moines, her first public fundraiser since becoming governor.
