Articles Tagged: Iowa City

The garage rockers will feature tracks from their latest album, "Only Slightly Empty," at Gabe’s on Saturday, Oct. 4.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors will continue evaluating its need for juvenile detention beds

The 17th annual Iowa City Book Festival, taking place from Oct. 5-12, 2025, will showcase a dynamic mix of original events and collaborative programs with partner organizations, all celebrating the power of the written word and the exchange of ideas. Fans of fiction, poetry, social engagement and politics, or the craft of writing will find several events of interest among the usual mix of authors and topics.

The "Roots & Rhythms: 20 Trees for 20 Years" campaign aims to plant 20 new trees at Riverfront Crossings Park, providing much-needed shade and natural beauty for generations of park visitors and community members.

Laura Castro was shocked and overwhelmed Thursday when she saw the video a bystander recorded of her fiancee, Jorge Gonzalez Ochoa, being tackled by three plainclothes men — who identified themselves as federal agents — and put in handcuffs while he was working at the Bread Garden Market in Iowa City.

An Iowa City man was arrested Thursday at Bread Garden Market in the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall, by three plainclothes men who — in a bystander video of the incident — identified themselves only as “federal agents.”

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors says it will no longer pursue a joint law enforcement facility with the City of Iowa City. The move follows a split decision by the Iowa City Council last week to move forward with the project.

An Iowa City couple and their son have been arrested after a police investigation into two massage parlors owned by the couple, where police say employees were providing sex acts to clients.

Aspen Lohman, an “empathetic and incredibly skilled” first grade teacher at Coralville Central Elementary School, has been on leave since February after the trauma from repeated assaults by a student left her with post-traumatic stress disorder, acute panic attacks and depression.

A North Liberty woman arrested last year in Minnesota after crashing a car with the dead body of her ex-girlfriend inside has been convicted of murder by a Hennepin County jury.

Ophira Eisenberg, comedian and host of NPR’s “Ask Me Another,” brings “Leaving a Mark” to The James Theater in Iowa City Thursday, Sept. 25.

The Johnson County Auditor’s office has released its early voting schedule for the Nov. 4 general election.

In today’s Campaign Almanac, House Democrats’ super PAC is hitting Iowa U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn over tariffs and Medicaid cuts. Meanwhile, state GOP lawmaker Shannon Lundgren picks up early endorsements in her bid for Congress, and Democrat Lindsay James lands backing from Linn County Supervisor Sami Scheetz.

Through matching artists and activists with students and residents in the community, Banned but Not Silenced: Resisting Censorship Through Art and Activism “aims to expand and platform dissent in a time when politics have limited what state-supported institutions can do.”

The Iowa City Police Department is investigating a shots fired incident that happened early Sunday morning, according to a press release from the department.