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Maybe you saw today’s front-page item on the city’s effort to create a “West Village” neighborhood by redeveloping the flooded …
I didn’t see it coming, I guess. Not sure any parent really does. But my daughter, Tess, has gone woodwind …
Westdale Mall needs a lifestyle change, according to University of Iowa bidness students. And not a small change, like switching …
It’s Day 5 of the Iowa City Landfill fire, but because officials say there’s not much to do besides steer …
So First Christian Church was demolished today. I wrote about the saga a couple of Sundays ago, which I thought …
Gov. Terry Branstad dropped a bunch of bill signings and vetoes on the doorstep of the holiday weekend, when I …
We didn’t go to the Alden Cemetery every Memorial Day when I was a kid. Most years, we stayed home, …
We’re planning to spend some of the Memorial Day weekend in my wife’s native Southern Illinois. It’s possible we may, …
It’s likely too soon to expect folks living around Polk Elementary to completely bury the hatchet after the school-closing saga. …
‘And be sure to show your work.” Remember back in grade school, how you hated it when your teacher said …
U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley says we need to amend the Constitution to make Congress fiscally responsible. He took to our …
How can we better serve Linn County residents with mental health issues and developmental disabilities, and how can we do …
Without a miracle, First Christian Church is seeing its last Sunday morning. The nearly 100-year-old church at 840 Third Ave. …
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