Gregg HenniganGregg Hennigan covers local government in the Iowa City/Johnson County area, with a focus on city, county and K-12 news. He also has general assignment duties and can be called upon to help with just about any story that occurs south of Interstate 80. Gregg previously worked for an alternative newspaper in Des Moines, covered city and county government in Mankato, Minn., and covered higher education for the Iowa City Press-Citizen. |
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Plan for Coralville’s ‘Old Town’ goes to City Council
A plan for a $24 million redevelopment of flood-prone land in the oldest section of Coralville will go before the City Council next week. The project, from Iowa City-based Watts Development Team and Hiawatha-based Fusion Architects Inc., calls for 154 housing units, 10,000 square feet of commercial space and public areas south of Fifth Street [...]
Iowa City proposes cuts to SEATS transit for elderly, disabled
Iowa City is proposing cutting Sunday service and discounted fares from a public transit service for the elderly and people with disabilities. The proposal is the latest in a months-long dispute between Iowa City, and also Coralville, and Johnson County over the SEATS program. No Sunday service could hurt people with jobs, and the loss [...]
Iowa City schools won’t apply for federal grant
IOWA CITY – The Iowa City school district will not go after a federal grant that would help pay for police officers in schools, but the debate over the underlying issue is not necessarily over. The school board voted 7-0 Tuesday night not to apply for a Community Oriented Policing Services grant to place one [...]
Johnson County recorder honored by White House
Johnson County Recorder Kim Painter is being recognized by the White House this week with an honor named after a gay-rights icon. Painter is one of 10 elected or appointed officials who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered who have been named “Harvey Milk Champions of Change.” Painter, county recorder since 1998 and a Democrat, [...]
Iowa City debates whether police officers belong in schools
IOWA CITY — The national debate over whether armed police officers belong in schools has come to the Iowa City school district — and the idea is receiving plenty of scrutiny from the community. “The thought of it is horrific to me,” said Royceann Porter of Iowa City, a member of Johnson County’s Juvenile Crime [...]
Iowa City Council rejects rezoning request that would stop high-rise
Intense criticism will not keep the city of Iowa City from moving forward with a developer planning to construct a high-rise building on city-owned land. The City Council rejected Tuesday night a rezoning proposal aimed at preventing Marc Moen from building a $53.8 million, 20-story building he’s calling The Chauncey at the intersection of College [...]
Iowa City OK’s application for grant to put cops in schools
IOWA CITY – 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. The intent is to hire two new police officers to serve as what are known as school resource officers in the district’s three high [...]
Iowa City moves toward repealing red-light camera ordinance
Iowa City Council members indicated Tuesday night they would put a stop to plans to install red-light cameras in town – at least for now. Meeting in a work session, no City Council member voiced objections to a recommendation from city staffers that the ordinance allowing traffic-enforcement cameras, like red-light and speed cameras, be repealed. [...]
Iowa City’s ‘Bicycle Friendly’ status upgraded
IOWA CITY – On a day a bicyclist beat a car and a bus in a race between Coralville and Iowa City, a national organization said Iowa City has become more bicycle friendly. The League of American Bicyclists announced Monday that Iowa City’s Bicycle Friendly Communities status had been upgraded from bronze to silver. It’s [...]
Iowa City, insurance company in dispute over insurance coverage for landfill fire
IOWA CITY – Iowa City could be headed to court over insurance coverage for its landfill after a fire last year caused $3.5 million in damage. The city and its insurance company, Travelers Companies Inc. of Hartford, Conn., disagree on the insurance coverage related to the fire, City Manager Tom Markus wrote in an [...]
