Articles Tagged: Iowa City

A 187-unit affordable housing complex is being proposed at the site of the former Roosevelt Elementary school nearly four years after the Iowa City Community School District sold the land.

An Iowa City man was sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge to 11 years in prison on a charge of receipt of child pornography.

After Mission Creek celebrated its last year at the helm of The Englert in April, the Iowa City institution is making one of the first steps in the new direction it has teased for months. Next month, they welcome a new crowd and artist lineup to the stage with the Iowa City Songwriters Festival’s inaugural event Sept. 4 to 6.

The new conference focused on horror, existential fiction and cult fiction is planning its debut on Sept. 6 at Public Space One, where independent horror publishers and writers from across the Midwest will offer readers and authors alike a chance to connect and discover voices creating some of the genre’s latest books.

With local ingredients transformed by seven Iowa City chefs, the ninth annual Farm to Street Dinner in Iowa City’s Northside neighborhood was a capstone on summer dining done well, and permission to move on with the next season.

Two teenagers are now charged with attempted murder in relation to a shooting that injured four people Aug. 3 in Iowa City.

Dreamwell Theatre will begin its 2025-26 season with a play about death, just in time for Halloween, Oct. 16-19.

A 17-year-old and another juvenile were the first arrests in connection with a targeted shooting that happened just before 3 a.m. in Iowa City. Additional arrests are anticipated, police said.

Four electric buses are out of service due to maintenance issues

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is joining a growing group of Iowans opposing the state’s decision to close the State Historical Society of Iowa building in Iowa City.

The Iowa City Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday reaffirming its commitment to protecting the LGBTQ+ community’s civil rights. The move comes after Republican state lawmakers this year passed a bill to change the state’s Civil Rights Act.

The victims of an Iowa City man charged with intentionally driving his car into five people after a dispute Friday were staying in a homeless encampment near the Iowa City Shelter House, according to a statement released Monday by the nonprofit.

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The Johnson County Board of Supervisors will formally ask the Iowa City Council to form a joint law enforcement authority for the purpose of exploring the possibility of a new law enforcement facility to be shared by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and Jail and the Iowa City Police Department.

More than 74 percent of Johnson County residents would support a bond measure to build a new county sheriff’s office and jail, according to draft results from a community survey commissioned by the Board of Supervisors.