Swisher News

The 200th anniversary year of the death of Joseph Haydn, the "father of the string quartet," is a wonderful time for chamber music aficionados to celebrate the way Haydn changed our world.

A Solon business was found to be noncompliant during alcohol compliance checks conducted by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office on Friday evening in several communities and rural Johnson County.

With boxes full -- and the streets clogged -- this Saturday morning would be a very unusual but satisfying one.

Posted on Oct 28, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . Emergency crews respond to a gas leak on First Avenue East Wednesday.

Major construction work on Highway 965 from Croy Road to 120th Street in Swisher has been completed, the Johnson County Secondary Road Department announced Wednesday.

Christopher Allen Barraza was arrested for assault causing injury at 100 E. Burlington St.

Posted on Sep 21, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . Two unidentified men look at a car that rolled into a cornfield along Highway 965 near Tharp Road this morning.

Everyone is invited to participate in the 9th Annual Miracles in Motion 5K Challenge, a fun walk-run-wheelchair fundraising event to be held on Sunday, September 20, 2009, at College Community School District , Cedar Rapids.

Posted on Sep 08, 2009 by Gregg Hennigan . Two newcomers and one incumbent were elected Tuesday to an Iowa City school board facing major budget and enrollment issues.

Today is the day when a small number of registered voters go to the polls to choose the candidates best able to articulate a vision for their school districts.

First adults, now kids. The first pediatric testing of the H1N1 flu vaccine began Monday at University Hospitals in Iowa City.

" So you signed up to get Campbell's Clues early... spent hours researching online, then even more time on foot feverishly searching for the KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Gold Ticket, just to learn someone found it before you? Then for the past week you've been retracing your steps, and reading the clues over and over again to see if you were right.

A 16-year-old Clear Creek Amana High School student was killed and two other teens were injured in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 380 Thursday.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Department said an area man forged checks taken from a Solon church to make purchases at grocery stores and Wal-Mart. The sheriff's department said Steven Richard Obadel, 43, no address listed, stole checks from the Solon Methodist Church on July 17.

I urge you to support Sarah Swisher for the Iowa City School Board. Here are just a few reasons, past, present and future: * Past: Swisher's children were the third generation to attend Longfellow.

Posted on Sep 02, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . Firefighters are working to control a suspicious blaze at an abandoned farm near Swisher.

Could year-round school be coming to Iowa City? Schools like Polk Elementary in Cedar Rapids have been year-round for a while.

Iowa City School District Board of Directors candidate Sarah Swisher will meet with district voters Monday at four locations in Iowa City.

Posted on Aug 29, 2009 by Jennifer Hemmingsen . A And then there were six. But even after two candidates' withdrawal from the Iowa City school board race, that's a nice number to choose from.

8 in Iowa City was arrested for fraudulent practices Aug. 12 at Hy-Vee Food Stores in Iowa City.