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The updated proposal coming before the commission on Thursday is scaled back from previous plans and devotes nearly three times more land to the park.

Over the past 17 years, the Courage Ride bicycle ride has raised more than $725,000 for sarcoma cancer research.

With the arrival of November, Eastern Iowa’s fall sweater weather is expected to change to winter jacket weather for this week.

One ghost hunting organization gets anywhere from 30 to 80 clients in a year. While they tend to get a few more requests around October, those cases are often not legitimate according to the organization’s founder.

The carnival is from 5 to 7 p.m. and will feature ghostly carnival games, spooky experiments, Halloween-themed STEAM/STEM activities, prizes and more. A free outdoor screening of “Hocus Pocus” begins at 7 p.m.

The award puts the film, about an immigrant’s struggle with mental health, in the running to win an Oscar for the year’s Best Live Action Short Film during the ceremony scheduled for March 27, 2022.

The three candidates share their priorities for public safety if elected on Nov. 2.

Officers investigating a Sunday night shooting in south Iowa City that has a 20-year-old Marine fighting for his life have identified a person they suspect to be “responsible for the driver’s injury” and believe the shooting was “unintentional.”

Project Better Together 2030 is in the beginning stages of its long-term plan to make the county better for all. The work will continue through next year, with community outreach, focus groups and surveys to ensure all voices are heard.

The three at-large candidates all view affordable housing as an important issue but differ on strategies to provide more housing units.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources seeks to identify the pervasiveness of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — commonly referred to as PFAS or “forever chemicals” — in drinking water supplies across the state.

Police found the 20-year-old with a gunshot wound inside a crashed car in southeast Iowa City. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Iowa City Police Department.

Council members indicate support for increasing the board’s membership from five to seven, as well as providing funding so the board can conduct more public outreach.

Dar Williams returning to Iowa City with new music from recently released album.

Bob Mould is juggling band and solo dates as part of the “‘Distortion’ and ‘Blue Hearts’ Tour.” Fans can expect him to deliver a grab-bag of material from his previous bands, Husker Du and Sugar, and from solo catalog when he performs in Iowa City on Sunday.