Coralville and North Liberty are joining Iowa City and Cedar Rapids in requiring everyone entering city-owned buildings to wear face masks, regardless of their vaccination status. The requirements will take effect Wednesday, the two cities announced in written statements on Tuesday. Because of the rapid spread of the highly infectious Delta variant, the CDC updated […]
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Iowa City begins final collection of derecho debris, curbside and drop-off options available in Coralville and North Liberty
City crews will start their final round of curbside collection of large debris from the Aug. 10 derecho in Iowa City on Monday. The Public Works Department estimates that the final round may take until the end of September to complete. “Following the final pass of debris removal, residents will need to adhere to pre-storm […]
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From hot showers to baby supplies, a local grassroots group is compiling post-storm resources and volunteer opportunities online
North Liberty is opening its Community Center to anyone in need of a place to charge their electronic devices or a hot shower. The center at 520 W Cherry St will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Outlets for charging phones, laptops and other small electronic devices will be […]
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North Liberty will open a site to drop off storm debris on Monday
North Liberty residents will be able to haul storm debris other than branches and brush to the city public works campus at 437 S Front St. There will be no charge to drop off the debris, but an appointment for a 15-minute time slot to access the site will need to be made at least […]
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Tens of thousands of locals still without power as derecho clean-up efforts continue in eastern Iowa
Clean up continues throughout the area following Monday’s derecho. Almost 13,000 MidAmerican Energy customers in Johnson County, including 8,825 in Iowa City, were still without power on Wednesday morning, according to the company’s outage page. Alliant Energy reports 85,048 Linn County customers without power, and 3,967 in Johnson County. Linn County REC, another regional energy […]
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Cities start clean-up of storm damage; Cedar Rapids imposes overnight curfew
The powerful line of thunderstorms that moved across Iowa on Monday left power outages and widespread damage in its wake. According to the National Weather Service the storm’s winds were strong enough to classify it as a derecho, “a widespread, long-lived straight-line wind storm.” To qualify as a derecho, a storm must create “a swath […]
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North Liberty Community Pantry is holding a toilet paper drive
From now through the end of March, the North Liberty Community Pantry is holding its “Roll into Spring” campaign to collect rolls of toilet paper. “A lot of people don’t realize we provide more than food,” said Jake Putnam, the pantry’s marketing and development coordinator. “Last year, we provided more than 10,000 rolls of toilet […]
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‘We want change’: North Liberty school students walk-out to protest school shootings and political inaction
One of the busiest intersections in North Liberty became the site of a loud, determined protest on Friday afternoon. Students from North Central Junior High School and Liberty High School walked out of class at 2 p.m., and gathered at the corner of Forevergreen Rd. and Hwy. 965 to protest gun violence and the lack of political action following recent school shootings.
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Suspect taken into custody in Liberty High School shooting threat
A minor has been taken into custody for shooting threat that caused the Iowa City Community School District to cancel classes at Liberty High School. The threat was posted anonymously on Instagram Thursday night, according to a statement North Liberty Police Chief Diane Venenga emailed to Little Village.
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Classes canceled at Liberty High School due to credible threat of shooting
The Iowa City Community School District Superintendent Stephen Murley announced this morning that classes were cancelled today at Liberty High School due to a credible threat to “shot up the school.”
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Recycle your eclipse glasses to help school kids in other countries
A new program is accepting donations of eclipse glasses, which will be distributed to schools in Asia and South America.
