Iowa City News Archives

By ERIN JORDAN REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU Posted at 12:19 on 03/31/2008 Investors in the Iowa Electronic Markets now give Republican presidential candidate John McCain virtually even odds to win the popular vote ... via Indianola Record-Herald

Iowa City police say a woman was robbed at knife point early Sunday morning. Officers responded to a robbery report in the 600 block of S. Dubuque Street just before 5 a.m. After speaking with the victim, ... via KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids

The City of Iowa City is looking for volunteers to clean up the stream corridor along Willow Creek on Iowa City's west side. via KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids

The autopsy results have just been released in one of the worst mass killings in Iowa. via KWQC-TV Davenport

Michael VanHeel, with the Johnson County Physical Plant, scrapes paint off the exterior of one of the buildings on the Johnson County Poor Farm, Thursday, Oct. via The Boston Globe

“The overriding task is to mobilize and inspire the students, faculty and staff to the next level.”

By ERIN JORDAN IOWA CITY BUREAU Posted at 14:10 on 03/26/2008 The University of Iowa has named a Seattle University dean and Grinnell College graduate as provost. via Indianola Record-Herald

A man was in court here today, accused of having sex with a woman at his home after she had passed out in a Coralville restaurant's bathroom last winter. via The Gazette

“I wouldn't have been more shocked if it had been my own children.”

Iowa City, Ia. - It's a natural to question to ask, the nun said: Why would a loving husband and father, even one who felt cornered by criminal charges, kill his wife and children before taking his own life? ... via Indianola Record-Herald

“Whether one is retained or appointed, the most important things about being an expert witness are to be fair to the evaluee and to remain true to the science”

By ERIN JORDAN * REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU * March 23, 2008 Iowa State University computer engineering professor Doug Jacobson played a key role in a landmark lawsuit by the music recording industry against ... via Des Moines Register

Iowa City Family Murdered The presidential field has been paired from fifteen-plus candidates to just four. via WHBF-TV Rock Island

An Iowa City man, Judah Micah Seruya, appeared in court this morning, accused of sexually molesting a 10-year-old boy in Iowa City and Coralville from 2005 to the present. via The Gazette

Authorities said multiple family members were shot Monday morning on Iowa City's east side. via WHO-TV Des Moines

A weeklong "Peace Week/Week of Reflection" is planned beginning Monday at the University of Iowa to commemorate the start of the sixth year of the war in Iraq. via Indianola Record-Herald

“The uncertainty for me in this case is: Where was the source of the inaction?”

The 8-month-old baby was already unresponsive when medics arrived at the modest two-bedroom house on Broadway Street, so they inserted a breathing tube and rushed him to the emergency room. via Des Moines Register

Louis Michael Roe, Wellman, Iowa Our beloved Mike decided to leave us on the first day of spring. via The Gazette

Two Wellman women are dead following a one-car accident south of town Thursday afternoon. via Press-Citizen

“I'm not too worried about that in terms of fundraising.”

By ERIN JORDAN REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU Posted at 11:26 on 03/20/2008 A University of Illinois at Chicago professor has been named the new dean of the University of Iowa College of Public Health. via Indianola Record-Herald

“Energy and Biofuels: The good, the bad and the unclear”

By ERIN JORDAN REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU Posted at 11:25 on 03/19/2008 The University of Iowa will host a presentation on energy and biofuels April 8 in Des Moines. via Indianola Record-Herald

“We have three schools that are at or over capacity in that area”

The Iowa City School District is closing in on a site for a new elementary school in the North Corridor area. via Iowa City Press-Citizen

“We've been playing with sand toys in the snow this year”

Coralville, Ia. -- For anyone who's salivated over a kitchen redesign or lusted after a luscious living room on cable TV show HGTV, you may -- or may not -- be comforted to know an Iowan has won the network's ... via Des Moines Register

“The day I heard those things were banned”

Geri Best of Oskaloosa loved the TouchPlay machines so much that she nearly loved them into bankruptcy. via Des Moines Register

“A ban on tobacco use is the best for the people of Iowa”

Iowa City, Ia. - The University of Iowa's annual Cancer in Iowa report estimates that 6,300 Iowans will die from cancer in 2008 and that 16,000 new cancers will be diagnosed this year. via Des Moines Register

Iowa City Police are looking for three college-aged men who allegedly assaulted another male early Saturday. via Press-Citizen

“If you have the talent and have the skills, and when everyone is on the same page and has the same goals, you go with an internal search. When you want a new direction that is when you do an external search”

The University of Iowa is restructuring its health care leadership again, the university announced Friday. via Press-Citizen

Flood warnings have been issued for several parts of Iowa due to melting snow and rising river levels. via WHO-TV Des Moines

A 7-year-old Coralville girl is safe after a man reportedly tried to grab her from an elementary school playground. via KAAL-TV Austin

Coralville Police are looking for a man they say tried to abduct a seven-year-old girl from the grounds at Kirkwood Elementary School on Wednesday. via Press-Citizen

Two Iowa City teens have been arrested on stolen gun charges. According to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, Tyler Hodge Carter and Ethan Scott Johnston, both 17, were in possession of stolen handguns ... via Iowa City Press-Citizen

“What cost in terms of student dissatisfaction to be that tight?”

By ERIN JORDAN REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU Posted at 11:56 on 03/11/2008 The Iowa Board of Regents, considering 2008-09 dorm rate increases ranging from 3.6 percent to 8.3 percent at the state's three public ... via Indianola Record-Herald

“If you put the hospital even three miles away, you would see success of discovery coming down”

By ERIN JORDAN REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU Posted at 12:09 on 03/11/2008 The Iowa Board of Regents gave the University of Iowa Hospitals permission to start planning a new children's hospital and critical care ... via Indianola Record-Herald

The Seattle University College of Arts and Sciences dean is the final candidate interviewing for University of Iowa provost, UI announced today. via Press-Citizen

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote on a new budget that would raise agricultural property taxes by more than 17 percent. via Iowa City Press-Citizen

By ERIN JORDAN REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU Posted at 12:14 on 03/10/2008 The University of Iowa will host a public lecture on "Evolution, Intelligent Design and Faith" on March 25. via Indianola Record-Herald

Iowa City police have arrested a man and a minor from Chicago for allegedly robbing a taxi cab driver at gun point last week. via Press-Citizen

“Every bit of intelligence the U.S. and the West had believed there were weapons of mass destruction”

Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to President Bush, speaks with School of Journalism professor Frank Durham in the Main Lounge at the University of Iowa Memorial Union tonight in Iowa ... via The Gazette

An altercation at a Hy-Vee grocery store here on Saturday ended with a Cedar Rapids man being charged with two counts of second-degree kidnapping, a Class B felony. via The Gazette

Robert L. 'Bob' Gaskill, 75, of 11 Arbury Drive, Iowa City, Iowa died at his home Friday March 7, 2008. via Iowa City Press-Citizen

An Iowa City man faces up to one year in jail for performing a sex act in the Johnson County Jail less than an hour after he was arrested for drunken driving. via The Gazette

By DES MOINES REGISTER STAFF Posted at 10:27 on 03/07/2008 The singer Justin Roberts hopes his music connects with kids in a unique way. via Indianola Record-Herald

Lydia E. Funke, 100, of Bickford Cottage, Iowa City, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at Bickford Cottage. via The Gazette

Police are seeking help from the public to stop a rash of car vandalism in Iowa City. via Iowa City Press-Citizen

The Iowa Supreme Court this morning said a city board here was correct when it allowed construction of a new Iowa City Shelter House for homeless people in the city's south side. via The Gazette

Medeski Martin and Wood of New York will launch the The Toyota-Scion of Iowa City Jazz Festival on July 4, with other national headliners and local and regional acts keeping up the beat through July 6. This is ... via The Gazette

“We end up having more students admitted and come than we anticipated”

University Hospitals officials are expected to provide more details about a colossal project proposal that essentially will make over the entire hospital when the Iowa state Board of Regents meet Tuesday. via Iowa City Press-Citizen

Pearson's Iowa City location laid off 17 employees Tuesday primarily in the technology area, a spokesman for Pearson said Wednesday. via Press-Citizen

“We have all the information we need to take it (the case) the full route.”

By ERIN JORDAN REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU Posted at 10:36 on 03/05/2008 The State of Iowa has denied claims that an Iowa City woman who died in 2006 contracted Legionnaire's disease at the University of Iowa ... via Indianola Record-Herald

It's moving day today for the historic Wetherby cottage in Iowa City. However, instead of moving just boxes and furniture, there's going to be something much bigger transported to a new location. via Press-Citizen

“I think they were both excellent candidates”

After being unable to come to a consensus on the two finalists for the city manager job, the City Council announced this morning that it would review additional applicants. via The Gazette

“We are the only two black people who live together in this complex.”

From left, Justin Talley, of Fairfield and his roommate, Ryan Thomas, of Cedar Rapids sit on the couch inside their Iowa City apartment Sunday. via Press-Citizen

An Iowa City man faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly attempting to burglarize a house he allegedly burglarized three days earlier. via The Gazette

A 19-year-old Iowa City woman was arrested Friday for allegedly using someone else's credit card for more than $600 in pur-chases. Devonia Monique Winston, of 1811 High St., was arrested for third-degree theft ... via Press-Citizen

Maquoketa shows its "Love for Firefighters" Associated Press - March 1, 2008 3:44 PM ET IOWA CITY, Iowa - A former research assistant at the University of Iowa has filed a lawsuit claiming she was discriminated ... via WQAD-TV Moline