1+ week, 2+ day ago   (221+ words) KCJJ The interim director of the University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom has been discouraged by the Board of Regents from attending three different conferences in the coming weeks. Luciano de Castro has been running the center temporarily for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (133+ words) KCJJ Eight candidates have applied so far to fill a vacancy on the Iowa City school board. Jayne Finch resigned late last month after an argument with fellow school board member Lisa Williams during a meeting on August 19th. The board…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (159+ words) KCJJ Two companies that helped build the new University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty campus are suing the Board of Regents and the project’s manager, claiming they’re owed a combined $2.4 million. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Price Industrial Electric…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (286+ words) KCJJ City of Coralville news release A reminder for motorists and pedestrians to observe applicable laws near school zones, and for families to review transportation safety with their child As students, teachers, and staff return to school, the Coralville Police…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (228+ words) With University of Iowa students returning for the fall semester, Iowa City and UI Police kept busy late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. At about the same time, a student from Eldridge was found passed out in the Capitol…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (238+ words) Advocate for UI Center for Intellectual Freedom urges Iowa universities to heed U.S. Secretary of Education's call to action KCJJ An Iowa legislator who was a major advocate for the creation of the University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom is…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (243+ words) What was meant to be a team building exercise for the Iowa City school board deteriorated into bickering and one member threatening to resign. But some members of the school board are more concerned with the threat than others. Board…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (147+ words) KCJJ A former choir teacher in the Solon school district is accused of sexually abusing three different students. 43-year-old Joel Foreman of Mt. Vernon was booked into the Johnson County Jail just before 10:45 Friday morning. The Johnson County Sheriff’s office…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (396+ words) KCJJ The alleged principal operator of a major drug distribution network linked to Penn State University fraternities was remanded without bond after surrendering to law enforcement officers. Agostino Abbatiello, 24, surrendered on Tuesday morning following his absence from an initial scheduled…...