A bill waiting for Gov. Kim Reynolds to sign into law would strip local city councils of regulating the sale of fireworks, frustrating efforts of cities like Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to crack down on the consumer explosives in response to citizen complaints and a rise in injuries.
Iowa City-area high school students are putting together a benefit concert for the Iowa Miles of Smiles Team (MOST). Iowa MOST is a coalition of Iowa-based doctors who give their time to go to underprivileged communities in Guatemala and provide free cleft lip and palate reconstruction surgery.
A new American restaurant has found ready success in Coralville ahead of plans to expand to Marion and Des Moines.
Grammy-nominated pianist and Juilliard graduate Joyce Yang saw her career soar in 2005 when she won the silver medal at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano competition — the youngest contestant at age 19. Yang, born in South Korea and now living in Atlanta, will perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, with Orchestra Iowa on April 2 and 3.
Iowa is donating 146 protective helmets and 714 ballistic vests to Ukraine. They are excess expired equipment from the Department of Public Safety and 18 other law enforcement agencies.
Organizations planning special events that will occur from July 1 to June 30, 2023, are encouraged to apply for grant funding from Think Iowa City, the Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. Potential grant projects can be cultural, educational, literary, recreational, or artistic. Each recipient may be awarded up to $5,000 for an approved event.
Most of Iowa depends on volunteer fire departments to respond to fires and other emergencies, but available volunteers can be hard to find. More and more fire departments are partnering together to make sure they’re prepared.
The Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF) will award $150,000 to its Core Grant recipients in 2023, marking the largest single-year total given by the organization since it began its grantmaking efforts 25 years ago.
Voters passed the bond referendum by 75.6 percent Tuesday to fund construction in the Clear Creek Amana school district.
Masks will no longer be required inside Iowa City facilities as of Tuesday but still will be available to visitors, the city announced Monday. North Liberty and Coralville have also ended their mask mandates.
The Visiting Nurse Association will be administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for free at the Coralville Public Library on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. Those who are interested can sign up online for a spot.
Winterfest — a celebration of all things winter — is an opportunity for families to get out of the house and enjoy time together. Winterfest activities will take place throughout the Iowa River Landing on Sunday.
BrrrFest, an annual celebration of craft brewing, returns to Coralville for its 10th year on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022.
In 2020, the Coralville City Council approved an ordinance promoting unbiased policing practices and creating a police review board. What has happened since?
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