The Iowa City Police Department has received daily calls about scams, especially those targeting the elderly, according to an Iowa City Police Department press release. The release included a list of advice, including never giving out personal information over the phone, never paying a fee to collect supposed winnings (as in a lottery or sweepstakes […]
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2018 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup coming to Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Carver-Hawkeye Arena won the bid to host United World Wrestling’s 2018 Freestyle World Cup, an annual event that features the top eight men’s freestyle wrestling teams in the world. Wrestlers will descend on the University of Iowa campus for the event April 21-22, 2018. The Iowa arena has also hosted the U.S. Olympic Team Trials […]
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Johnson County Crisis Center serves up the holiday spirit
The Johnson County Crisis Center was packed with food and people Tuesday as Project Holiday kicked off its holiday meal grocery service. The project, which is in its 29th year, serves about 1,800 people on average each holiday season. Sara Sedlacek, the Crisis Center’s communications and development director, said the number of people served increases […]
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UI Visual Arts Building gets Midwest Building of the Year award
The newly-built University of Iowa Visual Arts Building received The Architect’s Newspaper‘s 2016 Building of the Year award in the Midwest category. The building, designed by Steven Holl Architects, replaced a building damaged in the 2008 flood and stands next to another Steven Holl Architects-designed building, Art Building West, which was finished in 2006. The […]
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Bike to it, ladies: Local groups seek to get more people, especially women, biking safely
Andrea Cohen hauled a fat bike onto a stand in the back of the World of Bikes shop Wednesday night to show a group of women how to clean, degrease and lube a bike during the winter. “I have about five years of Iowa winter commuting, so I’ve gone through pretty much every form of […]
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A restaurant divided: New Augusta owners part ways with original Oxford owners, head chef
Augusta Restaurant (630 Iowa Ave.) will be closing its doors briefly in early January for updates after co-owner Derek Perez had a falling out with Ben and Jeri Halperin, the founders and co-owners of the original restaurant, last week. History: From Oxford to Iowa City In 2008, Ben and Jeri Halperin opened Augusta Restaurant in […]
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Rally on Pentacrest called for South Korean president’s impeachment
Korean graduate students organized a rally on the University of Iowa campus Wednesday to show solidarity with protestors in South Korea, where hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets over the past six weeks to call for the ouster of President Park Geun-hye. The Korean National Assembly is expected to vote Friday, Dec. 9 […]
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Altoona Police Chief Jody Matherly recommended for Iowa City chief
Jody Matherly, who has served as police chief in Altoona and Grinnell, Iowa, has been recommended as the new Iowa City police chief, according to a memo to the Iowa City Council. The council will make an official decision during its next meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 6, and Matherly would take over the role Jan. […]
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Politically-charged vandalism hits Iowa City neighborhood
Earlier this week, locations next to Horace Mann Elementary School, including the 116-year-old hall that houses the Preucil School of Music, structures at North Market Park and an apartment building to the west of the park, were vandalized with spray-painted racial slurs and political messages. Citizens reported the vandalism to the police on Monday and […]
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Iowa City and Cedar Rapids NoDAPL activists hold banks accountable
About 30 people gathered at Wells Fargo Bank and U.S. Bank in downtown Iowa City Wednesday to urge them to stop funding the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Another action today at the downtown Cedar Rapids Wells Fargo Bank drew roughly 25 people. Activists handed out leaflets and spoke to bank customers and passersby in Iowa […]
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UAY’s Winter Teen Clothing Drive encourages donations from community
UAY Winter Teen Clothing Drive UAY Youth Center, 355 Iowa Ave. — Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 4:30 – 8 p.m. The sixth annual United Action for Youth’s (UAY) Winter Teen Clothing Drive will take place Tuesday, Dec. 6. Young people in need will be able to shop for gently used items, from professional wear to […]
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Megabus nixing Chicago-Omaha route, including Iowa City stop, come January
If you’re hoping to hop on a Megabus to or from Iowa City come Jan. 10, you’re out of luck. The company is cutting its five-year-old Omaha-Chicago line, which also includes stops in Des Moines, Iowa City and Davenport, which was added in 2015. The cuts come along with other reductions to the company’s Chicago […]
