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Iowa seeks new strategy for women-owned businesses

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:04:17 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa's business development agency is hiring a nonprofit group to look for ways to turn around the state's last-in-the-nation ranking for women-owned businesses.

Iowa health insurer to seek smaller rate hikes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:13:19 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Months after customers blasted the company for years of skyrocketing rates, Iowa's dominant health insurer said Tuesday it will limit premium increases in 2014 to less than six percent for individual and small business policyholders.

Suspect in Iowa City drug ring pleads guilty

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:10:01 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - One of the men involved in an alleged Iowa City drug ring involved in a deadly police sting has pleaded guilty to federal charges.

Police: Iowa man tried to drag officers on stairs

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:32:51 -0400

CORALVILLE, Iowa - A Coralville man resisting arrest has been accused of trying to drag police officers down a flight of stairs.

Anti-drone activists marching across eastern Iowa

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:12:24 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Peace activists are marching across eastern Iowa to protest a plan to fly unmanned aircraft from an air base in Des Moines.

Western Iowa man dies in basement fire

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:05:20 -0400

HARLAN, Iowa - An 89-year-old man has died in a house fire in the western Iowa city of Harlan.

Iowa City program encourages owner-occupied homes

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:38:16 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - When Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz and her wife, Vanessa, took a trip to Iowa City last spring to scout for potential houses, they quickly realized that the ones that fit their criteria - older, within walking distance of work - were nowhere near what they could afford.

Ex-Newton doctor's trial on drug charges delayed

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:40:17 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - A trial date has been pushed back for a former Newton doctor charged with unlawfully prescribing controlled substances to addicted patients who showed signs they were abusing or reselling the drugs.

Police: Iowa man who escaped handcuffs returns

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:43:46 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - An Iowa City man who police say eluded arrest after slipping out of his handcuffs has turned himself in.

Johnson County lifts evacuation orders after flood

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:19:29 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Residents in low-lying Johnson County neighborhoods are being allowed to return to their homes after they were ordered to evacuate during flooding.

Iowa LB Shaull injured in accident

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:00:52 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa linebacker Dalton Shaull was in stable condition Friday after his scooter ran into the back of another vehicle.

Sewage entering Upper Iowa River in Chester

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:22:03 -0400

CHESTER, Iowa - The Department of Natural Resources says sewage is being sent into the Upper Iowa River as crews work to repair a broken sewer main in the small northern Iowa city of Chester.

Officials lift boating ban on Iowa River

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:41:12 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - The outflow from Coralville Lake has been reduced, so officials have lifted the boating ban on the Iowa River downstream.

Iowa regulator pleased with ruling on disclosure

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:03:04 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa's top campaign regulator says she's pleased an appeals court upheld much of an Iowa law requiring outside groups to disclose their spending on political campaigns.

Attorney: Agent on leave seeks to 'clear his name'

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:16:34 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - An Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation supervisor who has been on leave since May 1 should be cleared of wrongdoing by an internal investigation into his conduct, his attorney says.

U. Iowa event marks work on arts, music buildings

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:08:20 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - They're years away from completion, but the University of Iowa is celebrating the start of construction for three art and music buildings that will replace facilities damaged by the 2008 flood.

Iowa City police say suspicious package was art

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:33:42 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Police say a suspicious package that was destroyed in Iowa City was an electronic art piece.

Final judgment for 32 disabled men: $3.4 million

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:09:19 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - A judge has entered final judgment of $3.4 million against a Texas company found to have mistreated 32 mentally disabled workers at an Iowa labor camp.

Iowa City police: 2 men face charges in bomb scare

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:28:43 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Authorities in Iowa City say two men face intoxication charges in connection with a potential bomb threat over the weekend.

Iowa's Gage leaves for Oklahoma State

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:35:40 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa assistant women's basketball coach Shannon Gage is leaving to join the staff at Oklahoma State.

Iowa City police: Man had sword, throwing knives

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:59:30 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa City police say a man harassing people outside a gas station had a sword, throwing knives and a flask of cocaine.

Iowa pharmacist 'vehemently denies' fraud charges

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:46:50 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - An Iowa City pharmacist will contest federal criminal charges alleging that he improperly filed insurance claims for expensive drugs needed to treat patients with hemophilia, his attorney said.

Group opposing Iowa City tower sues city council

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:09:02 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - A group that opposes a 20-story tower in Iowa City is suing the city council over a rezoning request.

Judge dismisses 2nd suit over Cedar Rapids highway

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:04:06 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - For the second time in days, a judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by environmentalists seeking to block construction of a Cedar Rapids highway through a nature preserve.

Police: Iowa man threw firecracker near bomb scare

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:41:14 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - An Iowa City man has been accused of setting off a firecracker while authorities were investigating a potential bomb threat a few blocks away.