Megan Woolard

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.

Here’s how Iowa City’s Climate Action and Outreach Department is working to reduce emissions by the city, businesses and residents

Iowa City’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature will not be affected by the Trump administration’s announcement that the U.S. is leaving the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, effective December 2026.

Johnson County is planning to place six vending machines containing free doses of naloxone — a medication that works to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose — and other harm prevention items at places across the county later this year.

The city of North Liberty is considering its options for demolishing and renovating its outdated, inadequate fire station — a project that’s estimated to cost $15-18 million.

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.

Iowa City voters will elect three council members in November: two at-large seats and a representative of District B, which includes the east side of Iowa City.

Currently Booked is a Solon-based bookstore that doesn’t stay in one place for too long. The mobile bookstore is a trailer that’s been outfitted to serve as a bookstore with the mission to literally bring books to more people across Eastern Iowa and the Midwest.

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.

Nearly 50 people are set to be laid off from CommUnity Crisis Services in Iowa City later this month after federal funding was canceled for the LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention hotline, part of the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline.

A North Liberty father has published his first children’s book, “The Oohs and Ahhs or Parenting,” which was inspired by his parenting journey and is meant to appeal to adults and children alike.

When it was time for 7-year-old Mason Sieck to start hospice care, there weren’t many options for him in Iowa. Now, four years after his death, his family is working to build the state’s first pediatric palliative care center.

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors earlier this week voted down a proposed budget amendment that would have increased the number of beds guaranteed to the county at the Linn County Juvenile Detention Center.

The North Liberty City Council is getting closer to approving ballot language that would put a 1 percent local-option sales tax in front of voters this fall.