Articles Tagged: Iowa City

NewBo City Market will partner with a Johnson County nonprofit to bring a new community grocery store to Cedar Rapids.

The Iowa City Council gave its approval Tuesday on the first reading of the rezoning of 5.49 acres on the north side of Iowa City to allow for development of an 84-unit apartment complex.

The proposal for development of the lot at 21 S. Linn St., which is estimated to cost about $40 million, calls for a six-story building to offer retail, entertainment and residential space.

Three different programs launched in 2023 to increase childcare access

This fusion of Irish and international dance is accompanied by Grammy Award-winning music.

The site has been controversial due to a proposed apartment complex.

Room Service will share a stage with the Recliners, the Beaker Brothers, Low and Away, Dave Zollo and Brian Johaneson covering Bob Dylan songs.The stipulation is that no tune can be repeated.

Iowa City native Christine Scheetz becomes executive director of TRAILS, which works to help older adults age in place.

An Iowa City man was arrested Wednesday on a charge that he sexually abused an 8-year-old child.

An Iowa City man was arrested Wednesday on a charge of third-degree sexual abuse of a child, coerced by a person in authority.

Seventy-five businesses in the downtown Iowa City area have been in continuous operation for 20 or more years, and next month, the Iowa City Downtown District will recognize them with a series of new initiatives for Legacy Business Month.

From flower festivals and patriotic parades to county fairs and hot air balloons taking to the skies, there is so much to do, see and celebrate around Eastern Iowa in the coming months.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, the Linn-Mar school board will vote on the district’s next fiscal year budget Monday.

Two hundred University of Iowa student athletes helped spread mulch, tend to garlic plans and do other community service projects around Johnson County for the Hawkeye Day of Caring.

Volunteers are planting 4,000 trees on the University of Iowa campus this month to create the state’s second — and largest — Miyawaki forest, a self-sustaining dense ecosystem that increases biodiversity.