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Local businesses in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids will offer special deals on Small Business Saturday

Posted on Nov 27, 2019 by Izabela Zaluska

For the most ambitious shoppers (who often make the rest of us look bad), the end of Thanksgiving means the start of the holiday shopping season. But because sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday — the two biggest shopping days of the year — typically benefit big retailers the most, American Express started Small Business Saturday in 2010. The shopping event encourages people to support their local economy. […]

Free parking, free bus rides offered in Iowa City during Thanksgiving weekend

Posted on Nov 27, 2019 by Paul Brennan

Downtown parking will be free in Iowa City on Thanksgiving, the Iowa City Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday. The policy applies to both the six downtown parking ramps and all the metered street parking spots. Although motorists may be thankful for the free parking, anyone who relies on the city’s buses for transportation […]

Two Iowans added as plaintiffs in class action lawsuit over Hy-Vee’s data breach

Posted on Nov 26, 2019 by Paul Brennan

Two Iowans have been added as plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit filed by customers who had their credit and debit card information stolen after using their cards at certain Hy-Vee stores. The lawsuit was originally filed in October on behalf of two customers, one in Illinois and one in Missouri, affected by Hy-Vee’s eight-month-long data breach. […]

Six Iowa City parks to close early in December as sharp shooters cull deer

Posted on Nov 20, 2019 by Paul Brennan

Six Iowa City parks, the Ned Ashton House and Oakland Cemetery will be closing early almost every day in December, so sharp shooters can target deer without endangering the public, the Iowa City Police Department announced on Tuesday. From Dec. 1-22, these selected city properties will be close each day at 3 p.m. and remain closed until dawn. […]

Patients will be able to park for free in UIHC’s ramps starting on Dec. 3

Posted on Nov 19, 2019 by Paul Brennan

Patients at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will be able to park for free in UIHC’s four parking ramps on its main campus starting Dec. 3, UIHC announced on Monday. Currently, only the first 30 minutes of parking is free, after which patients pay $1.20 an hour, with a maximum payment of $10 a day. […]

Amazon is getting real-world real estate in Iowa City, and will give you the chance to deliver its packages (if you have $30,000)

Posted on Nov 18, 2019 by Paul Brennan

Online retail behemoth Amazon will expand its physical presence in the Iowa City area, leasing the former Procter and Gamble distribution center on Heinz Road. Amazon has not yet publicly announced its plans for the 346,062 sq. ft. facility in southeast Iowa City, but its been reported the building will serve as what the company calls a “last […]

Fixin’ for a coffee at The Chauncey? A new shop, Fix!, has opened on the second floor

Posted on Nov 15, 2019 by Paul Brennan

Iowa City’s newest coffee shop isn’t actually in a shop. Fix! is in the common area on the south side of the second floor of The Chauncey, Iowa City’s newest high-rise. “Originally, the building was not designed with a coffee shop in mind,” said Monica Moen, owner of Fix! and a member of the Moen Group, the building’s developer. […]

‘Democracy means voter choice’: Christina Bohannan kicks off her campaign for the District 85 seat in the Iowa House

Posted on Nov 14, 2019 by Paul Brennan

The next primary for the state legislature is almost eight months away, and almost all the political attention in Iowa is still focused on presidential candidates. Nevertheless, the Game Room at Big Grove Brewery and Tap Room in Iowa City was full on Wednesday night as Christina Bohannan held the first event of her campaign […]

The Pentacrest has a new larch

Posted on Nov 14, 2019 by Paul Brennan

A new European larch was planted on the University of Iowa Pentacrest Thursday morning to take the place of the larch that was felled by strong winds during a storm in the early morning hours of Sept. 10. That tree was approximately 70 years old, and beloved by generations of UI students and other visitors to the Pentacrest. Appropriately enough […]

Daylight Donuts is reopening in a new location

Posted on Nov 12, 2019 by Paul Brennan

Daylight Donuts has found a new home on Iowa City’s east side. Daylight is moving into the space at 1681 S 1st Ave, which used to be Sun Cafe, the owners announced on Monday in a Facebook post. The donut shop has been closed since May, when it lost its lease on the East Court Street location that had been its home, since Scott and Vicki Ward opened the shop in July 2011. […]

Marco’s Grilled Cheese will open in December in the former Devotay and Linn Street Dive space

Posted on Nov 8, 2019 by Paul Brennan

Linn Street Dive, which closed in May, will reopen as Marco’s Grilled Cheese at the beginning of December. The target date is Monday, Dec. 2, according to Mark Paterno, who owns the former Linn Street Dive space along with his wife Jade. The new restaurant will be a brick-and-mortar version of the Marco’s Grilled Cheese food cart […]

Cranksgiving, a cycling scavenger hunt that benefits local food banks, comes to Iowa City

Posted on Nov 8, 2019 by Paul Brennan

Cranksgiving is coming to Iowa City for the first time on Saturday. For those who have never heard of Cranksgiving, it’s not a support group for people whose Thanksgiving involves talking to relatives who are political cranks. The event, which started in New York City in 1999 and has spread nationwide, is a combination bike race, scavenger hunt […]

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