Tuesday Morning Read: Iowa City cohousing development taking shape; law limiting collective bargaining upheld; trick-or-treating times

TODAY'S HALLOWEEN WEATHER — Partly cloudy, less windy. High 42, low 29.

IOWA CITY COHOUSING DEVELOPMENT TAKING SHAPE — When almost a decade ago a group of friends from the Iowa City area realized their children were getting older, they began to imagine what their lives would be like once they became empty nesters. Instead of downsizing their homes or moving to a warmer clim Polk County District Court Judge William Kelly ate, the friends discovered a concept started in Denmark called 'cohousing,' or community living with private homes built around a common space. They formed an LLC and chose a piece of land on Miller Avenue between West Benton Street and Highway 1 in Iowa City for a 36-unit sustainable cohousing development called Prairie Hill. Read more: http://bit.ly/2yXPP8D

LAW LIMITING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UPHELD — A Polk County judge has upheld the constitutionality of Iowa's revamped collective bargaining law, rejecting in a ruling Monday a union's contention its members do not receive equal treatment under changes adopted by the GOP-controlled Legislature and signed into law last February by former Gov. Terry Branstad. Read more: http://bit.ly/2hoApQY

TRICK-OR-TREATING TIMES — Here is a list of trick-or-treating hours Tuesday for communities in Linn and Johnson counties. In cases where there are no set hours, residents, in many cases, are asked to turn on their porch lights when they are ready to greet trick-or-treaters and turn them off when finished. Read more: http://bit.ly/2hp6Dvj

EVIL EMPIRE ARRIVES — The shine on the Floyd of Rosedale should carry Iowa through at least a couple days. Well, at least until the Hawkeyes start looking at film to prepare for what's coming to Kinnick Stadium on Saturday. Read more: http://bit.ly/2zUjPiE

QUOTABLE — 'It may have looked problematic in the way Rastetter organized the recruitment of Bruce Harreld, but ultimately, the board lacked the numbers needed for a meeting throughout the recruitment process, and no evidence exists that they deliberated or acted under the statute.' From a ruling by Polk County District Court Judge William Kelly indicating that the Board of Regents didn't violate open meetings laws when recruiting businessman Bruce Harreld to become the University of Iowa president. Read more: http://bit.ly/2hpsuCR