By Megan Anderson —-     The human mind is capable of many complex skills and emotions. Along with these positive characteristics come negative behaviors, such as addiction. There are two kinds of addictions. Physical, which means the body depends on a substance to avoid symptoms of withdrawal, such as cigarettes. Then there’s behavioral, [...]

A man accused of first-degree murder in the 2009 homicide of an Iowa City property manager entered a written arraignment and plea of not guilty in Johnson County Tuesday afternoon. Justin A. Marshall, 20, is accused of having been at the apartment building located at 1958 Broadway St. on Oct. 8, 2009, when property manager [...]

A man charged with first-degree murder in the 2009 shooting death of an Iowa City landlord made his initial court appearance at the Johnson County Courthouse Tuesday morning after being brought back to the area from Texas. Authorities believe that Justin A. Marshall, 20, was at 1958 Broadway Street, building C, when  John E. Versypt [...]

The man suspected of killing his wife and fleeing to South Dakota earlier this month told investigators he “lost it and blacked out” during an argument in their Greene home. Thomas J. Petersen, 39, of Greene, now faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the June 4 stabbing death of his wife, Judy [...]

By Nick Westergaard, Westergaard Advertising, Coralville I had one of those ah-ha moments recently when insight forever changes the way you look at something. In this case, it was how I view the professional social network LinkedIn. LinkedIn was the first social network I joined but it had also grown to become the one I [...]

On a platform on the back of Jacob Hesselman’s motorized wheelchair lay a hardback copy of a book, a book about survival, a book about how to enjoy the hell out of life and live to tell about it. The book was called “Life,” and was written by, of all people, guitarist Keith Richards, of [...]