Editor’s note: This story is the third in a series highlighting how local business, organizations, churches and schools give back this holiday season. The series will run every Tuesday in the Community section through Dec. 25. Related: Giving Eastern Iowa veterans a hand – literally New beds, linens donated to Eastern Iowans in need IOWA CITY [...]

A transient man was arrested at a shelter Wednesday morning after becoming involved in a dispute and allegedly threatening a 911 caller with a box cutter. According to a crime report, authorities responded to the Wesley Center, 120 N Dubuque St., at 10:42 a.m. after a caller reported that that Christopher Yates, 54, was intoxicated [...]