IOWA CITY – Thousands of Hawkeye fans are planning to introduce a special chant at this weekend’s game against Wisconsin. “A lot of fans are talking about getting some Norm chants going at the game,” said Collin Coughlon, a University of Iowa student who plans to attend Saturday’s game. The shout-out will be for Norm [...]

Within two years, construction could begin on a new 100-room hotel and a shopping center in Coralville’s Iowa River Landing. “This is another addition that will be very, very good for the particular area,” said Kelly Hayworth, city administrator for Coralville. The city believes this will allow them to recruit larger conventions to the area [...]

The discovery of an endangered mussel species living near the proposed relocation site of the Park Road bridge in Iowa City will likely delay one of the city’s top flood mitigation projects. As part of a larger environment assessment required before the city can obtain proper permits from the United States Fish and Wildlife, a [...]

Iowa City police investigators say since making a business scam public, more and more Eastern Iowa businesses are calling to complain that they, too, were duped. “It was just an explosion of phone calls,” said Detective D.J. Steva of the Iowa City Police Department after the agency issued a press release last week warning area [...]

Unsafe carbon monoxide levels detected Thursday at the Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP) Head Start facility on 367 Southgate Avenue in Iowa City prompted the program to cancel classes for the day. HACAP head start director Christi Regan said a cleaning crew was using unauthorized equipment Wednesday night and that the building was not [...]

The tug-of-war of words over the impact of Iowa City’s so-called 21-only ordinance reached a new level Monday as those opposed to the new law alleged the Iowa City Police Department is purchasing new riot gear to help bust up neighborhood house parties. “I’m not going to be a conspiracy theorist or anything like that [...]

IOWA CITY – Hawkeye football offensive-lineman Josh Koeppel was hit while riding his motorcycle Monday morning in downtown Iowa City. Sergeant Denise Brotherton of Iowa City Police Department said Koeppel was heading westbound on Burlington Street on his Yahama motorcycle when John Logan, 54, of Iowa City turned left onto Gilbert Street and struck Koeppel.  [...]

Iowa City Police Department says while it is too early to tell if decreased numbers of possession of alcohol under the legal age citations is directly related the city’s new minimum bar entry age or the results of officers working more proactively, there is a noticeable difference in downtown Iowa City. Sgt. Denise Brotherton said while the [...]

Johnson County – Extensive road work on Coralville’s First Avenue will force the University of Iowa football team to seek an alternate route for its state patrol-escorted bus arrival this year. Coralville Chief of Police Barry Bedford said Thursday afternoon that the concern about the road width near the First Avenue Clear Creek Bridge led [...]