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Iowa City, Iowa is located in Johnson County. Zip codes in Iowa City, IA include 52245, 52242, and 52243. The median home price in Iowa City is $187,000 which is roughly $137/per square foot. More Iowa City information.

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11 hrs ago | The Gazette

Homers - What's going right

BICYCLE FRIENDLIER: Iowa City recently moved a step ahead on the bicycle friendly path.

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Yesterday | The Gazette

Staff wrote a new blog post: Summer: Time to dig in to reading

Learning to read takes practice, and summer is the perfect opportunity for kids to "dig into reading" because it's a chance to read for fun in a relaxed setting.

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Sat May 18, 2013

The Gazette

Opinion Staff wrote a new blog post: Students landfill diversion is wise move

Congratulations to the students and faculty at Regina Elementary School in Iowa City for being involved in using our resources in order to keep from supplying our misused landfills.

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Reuters

Endometriosis more common in lean women: study

Researchers following more than 116,000 women found that morbidly obese study participants were 39 percent less likely than normal-weight women to develop the chronic condition - in which uterine tissue grows outside the uterus and causes painful periods and bleeding.

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Fri May 17, 2013

The Fairfield Ledger

Fairfield, IA

A dog named Toby has been credited with saving an Iowa couple from a fire that damaged their home southeast of Des Moines.

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The Fairfield Ledger

Bob Jones University; University of Iowa

Rebecca Bartle, a senior dramatic production major from Fairfield, was among approximately 1,500 Bob Jones University students who were named to the Spring 2013 Dean's List.

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The Gazette

Iowa City man accused of having 10 pounds of marijuana, $20,000 in safe

A 50-year-old Iowa City man is in the Johnson County Jail this morning on felony charges after police found more than 10 pounds of marijuana in his house, just east of downtown.

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The Gazette

Book mobile

Cassandra Elton, the director of the library, poses in front of the Antelope Lending Library in the Ped Mall in Iowa City on May 11, 2013.

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Thu May 16, 2013

The Gazette

Iowa City's La James beauty school accused of violating sanitation, licensing laws

The Tuscany Day Spa at La' James International College is located inside one of the beer caves the were part of the Union Brewery in what is now the Brewery Square building on Jan.

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The Gazette

Staff wrote a new blog post: My Biz: Entrepreneurs...

Velvet Coat carries more than 30 designer brands, including Rag & Bone, Diane Von Furstenburg, Tory Burch, and Pink Tartan.

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Wed May 15, 2013

The Gazette

Couple accused of stealing jewelry from Iowa City man's deceased wife

A couple has been arrested on suspicion of stealing jewelry belonging to an Iowa City man's deceased wife and then pawning it to help pay rent.

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NewsOn6 Tulsa

APNewsBreak: Mailbox bomb suspect to face hearing

Global health officials say a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to two health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia.

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The Gazette

Staff wrote a new blog post: Car crashes into field near Solon; driver not seriously hurt

This car crashed into a field along Highway 1 near 120th Street, north of Solon, around 6 a.m. Wednesday.

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The Gazette

Gregg Hennigan wrote a new blog post: Iowa City OK's application for grant to put cops in schools

The City Council Tuesday night OK'd a grant application that would provide money to put armed police officers in secondary schools in the Iowa City Community School District.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Science Daily

Slim women have a greater risk of developing endometriosis than obese women: study

The study, which is published online today in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction [1], found that the risk of endometriosis was 39% lower in morbidly obese women -- those with a body mass index greater than 40 kg/m2 -- compared with women with a current BMI in the low normal range .

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The Gazette

Johnson County Supervisors discuss 'immediate needs' for courthouse and jail

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is going back to the drawing board to fix immediate safety and security needs at the jail and courthouse after a $43.5 million bond issue for the justice center failed, for the second time, last week.

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KEYC Television, Mankato, MN

Iowa G Ingram to transfer

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa guard Patrick Ingram plans to transfer schools after just one season with the Hawkeyes.

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The Washington Evening Journal

Gerald Anthony "Jerry" Morgan

Gerald Anthony "Jerry" Morgan, 67, of Lone Tree died Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

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TechCrunch

Obama's CTO Gives Advice On How Learning Works In Kio Stark's New Book, Don't Go Back To School

To someone who has never tried, it's not obvious how to learn the things you want to learn outside of school.

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The Gazette

Combination is beneficial

Iowa City and Cedar Rapids are now considered a combined statistical area for the Creative Corridor.

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