Hills News

With her beloved husband and caregiver 'Papa' at her bedside, Florence Hoard died peacefully on July 6, 2009, at Mercy Iowa City after a courageous battle of many years with cancer and Parkinson's disease.

There will be fireworks shows throughout the area today. Shows are free unless otherwise noted.

For too long, Iowa City's government and community leaders have been preoccupied with the late night downtown bar scene -- a bunch of sometimes rowdy college kids drinking too much, throwing up on sidewalks, urinating on somebody's bushes and occasional fighting.

Two well traveled county roads will get much needed repairs within the year, the county engineer said Thursday.

Experienced canoe paddlers and jon-boat captains are invited to help remove trash left from recent flooding on the Iowa River from Iowa City to Hills.

The number of students living in poverty in the Iowa City School District is on the upswing, increasing more than 20 percent in just the last two years, according to district and state education figures.

On behalf of the Northwest Junior High staff, I want to thank the Press-Citizen for the great pictures of our students on Friday.

On paper, budget cuts have wiped out the bulk of the Iowa City School District's summer school programs, but in reality, some of those programs still will be offered.

Opinions vary widely on whether neighborhood schools still exist in the Iowa City School District.

In its Strategic Facilities Improvement Plan, the Iowa City School District identified these reasons for closing Roosevelt: * No.

Alice Parker, 97, died Monday, May 25, 2009, at Atrium Village Nursing Home in Hills.

As Memorial Day approaches, one eastern Iowa community is working to reunite damaged U.S. flags with their rightful owners.

Months ago, the Press-Citizen Editorial Board provided a list of questions about the Iowa City School Board's proposed plans to decommission Roosevelt Elementary and to build a new elementary off Camp Cardinal Boulevard on the western edge of Iowa City.

A man has been arrested in the Iowa City area after police say he tried to eat a bag of marijuana to avoid drug charges.

The official canvass of the May 5 local option sales tax election took place on Tuesday.

Biking and walking to school can be good for students, promoters of a week designed to encourage that said this morning.

All bets aren't off yet for a casino in Ottumwa, according to Steve Siegel and the River Hills Riverboat Authority.

The Iowa City School Board is set to make a final decision on proposed cuts to the district's elementary school libraries and increase the student-to-teacher ratio while discussing a recommendation to close Roosevelt Elementary at its meeting Tuesday.

Ibrahima Diallo needed only one word to describe how he was feeling as he stood outside of his home.

A majority of the smaller communities passed the local option sales tax during Tuesday's election.