After months of delays, Iowa City’s Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is close to beginning its work of documenting systemic racism in the community, and collecting the stories of those who have experienced it. During its meeting on Thursday, the TRC voted to endorse a contract with Kearns & West to provide organizational […]
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Johnson County and Linn County would be in the same congressional district, if new redistricting map is approved
Johnson County and Linn County would once again be in the same congressional district, if the Iowa Legislature adopts the redistricting map published by the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency (LSA) on Thursday. The two counites had both been part of Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, before the district’s boundaries were redrawn in 2010. In the […]
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School board approves mask mandate for Iowa City schools
The Iowa City Community School District Board of Directors voted unanimously at its meeting on Tuesday night to create a universal face mask policy for district schools, to combat the spread of COVID-19. The policy requires students, staff and visitors to mask up when in school buildings. The mask mandate also applies outdoors on school […]
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Systems Unlimited celebrates 50 years of helping people with disabilities live with greater independence
Terrell Baumler wants to live on his own, have a pretty girl and a blue Chevy truck. He loves the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Bulls. He has all their socks, shirts and shorts. “I got a four rec draft, Justin Fields of Ohio,” he said, before the NFL season kicked off. Terrell has come a […]
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Iowa City Council hears two very different plans for how to spend federal pandemic relief funds
Both of the Iowa City Council’s two meetings on Tuesday had speakers addressing how the city should spend the $18.3 million in federal funds provided by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). During the council’s 4 p.m. work session, city manager Geoff Fruin presented a series of recommendations for what he called a “two-prong approach” […]
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Students die-in on Pentacrest, protesting the ‘perpetual state of stress’ caused by UI’s lax COVID rules
Around 50 people “died” on the Pentacrest on Thursday to protest the University of Iowa’s COVID-19 policies. The die-in protest was organized by Campaign to Organize Graduate Students (COGS), the union that represents graduate student workers at the university. Protesters laid down on the Pentacrest’s sidewalk, as COGS members drew chalk outlines of their bodies. […]
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Protesters in Iowa City call for closure of Fiji fraternity after alleged sexual assault; house is vandalized
A crowd of more than 2,000 people gathered at the University of Iowa’s Fiji fraternity on Tuesday night to protest an alleged sexual assault by members of the fraternity last year, calling for the preparators to held responsible and for the university to close down the fraternity. The event was organized on Facebook by a […]
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Rally against voter suppression Saturday will gather activists, elected officials and candidates on the Pentacrest
There will be a rally on the Pentacrest in Iowa City on Saturday protesting attempts at voter suppression that proliferated in the wake of the 2020 election, as well as constant lies about voter fraud spread by Donald Trump. “Between January 1 and July 14, 2021, at least 18 states enacted 30 laws that restrict […]
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The Iowa City Latino Festival returns to the Ped Mall on Saturday
Iowa City Latino Festival is returning, after a year off due to the pandemic. This year’s festival kicks off on the Ped Mall at noon on Saturday. “We are excited to come back,” Manny Galvez, the festival’s founder and organizer, told Little Village. “We started the festival 10 years ago, but we had to cancel […]
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Democrat Christina Bohannan is running for Miller-Meeks’ seat in Congress
State Rep. Christina Bohannan announced on Tuesday she is running for U.S. Congress. Bohannan, who represents Iowa City in the Iowa House, is the first Democrat to announce a challenge to Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, the Republican who won the seat in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District by six votes in 2020. “I really think that we […]
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Insomnia Cookies in Iowa City is now open
Warm cookies, cookie sandwiches and cookie cakes await anyone with a late-night or early-morning craving. It’s never too early or too late for cookies, right? Insomnia Cookies in Iowa City had its grand opening this past weekend. The late-night bakery is located at 125 E Washington St, which used to be Mama’s Deli & Catering. […]
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Iowa City mask mandate: UI and ICCSD say they can’t require masks; Mayor Teague discusses enforcement
The University of Iowa will not change its policy of encouraging but not requiring mask-wearing on campus, despite the mask mandate issued by Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague on Thursday night. As a state agency it is bound by state law, a UI spokesperson said shortly after the mayor announced the mandate. On Friday, the […]
