Articles Tagged: Coralville

Cities across Eastern Iowa are contemplating how best to promote transparency and community engagement in policing in light of a new state law outlawing most citizen review boards.

The City of Coralville will put a 1 percent local-option sales tax before voters in the November general election. The ballot language was approved this week by the City Council as a way of funding property tax relief and revenue for capital projects like a new recreation center.

Coralville and North Liberty to split cost for extension project on stretch of road that will eventually connect First Avenue and 12th Avenue and create an important link to Interstate 380 from both cities.

Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity broke ground Thursday on its first “Women Build” home in Coralville. By the end of this year, organizers hope to have taught more women how to build while constructing a house for a local family that came to the United States 10 years ago in search of a safer, more stable life.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, beginning Monday, the Boyson Road bridge over I-380 and all four ramps will close for 20 working days.

The Coralville Fire Department and other first responders trained Saturday at S.T. Morrison Park for how to secure an area for an emergency medical helicopter landing.

The Coralville Fire Department is conducting helicopter landing zone training Saturday afternoon. The training helps first responders hands-on experience to establish and manage a landing zone for a live helicopter in an emergency situation.

Around a dozen community members showed up for public comment at the Coralville City Council meeting Tuesday night to share their concerns about resident privacy should the city begin using license plate reader cameras.

Johnson County’s three most populous cities are moving forward with plans to put a 1 percent local-option sales tax on the ballot for the November general election in an effort to diversify revenue sources in light of property tax reform at the state level.

In Iowa, STEM education can mean getting a start as early as preschoolers playing with building blocks.

The first-ever NCAA women’s wrestling championships will be in the University of Iowa’s backyard.

The Coralville Police Department released the name Friday of a man who was shot to death at a mobile home park in Coralville Wednesday evening.

While police were on their way to the scene, dispatchers informed them the disturbance had escalated to a shooting, according to the release.

The restaurant will close at its current location starting June 15, with plans to tentatively reopen after July 4 in Iowa City.

A female resident of a Coralville care facility wandered from the home earlier this year and was later found at a Nebraska truck stop 265 miles away.