Orchestra Iowa's Brass Quintet performing Feb. 12

8 February 2012, 10:46 am

Orchestra Iowa's Brass Quintet will perform at 2:30 p.m. Sunday , Feb. 12 at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, 1301 Fifth St.... Read More »

Maureen Kent, 76

8 February 2012, 6:31 am

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 am, Friday, February 10th at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father John Spiegel officiating.... Read More »

More Iowa land being preserved in trusts

8 February 2012, 2:22 am

Jake Hart discusses the parcel of land Tuesday that makes up the Pappy Dickens Preserve, a land trust in Iowa City.... Read More »

News from around Iowa: Super Bowl ticket scam

7 February 2012, 11:12 pm

The Iowa Attorney General's office is investigating allegations that a northwest Iowa woman sold Super Bowl ticket packages but never delivered them.... Read More »

Lawsuit: George Brett falsely advertises necklaces

7 February 2012, 7:02 pm

I have loaned to over 3,000 people in the Ozarks over the past eight years as the manager of a... IOWA CITY, Iowa - Lawyers are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit that claims Hall of Fame slugger George Brett has been falsely advertising bracelets and necklaces as being able to help improve h... Read More »

The Short List: The Position Coaches

7 February 2012, 2:53 pm

Lost in the hullabaloo surrounding the never-ending defensive coordinator search and the departure of Ken O'Keefe are two other openings on the Iowa staff: The defensive line coach spot vacated by Rick Kaczenski and KOK's own quaarterbacks coach spot.... Read More »

Iowa City police officer promoted to sergeant

7 February 2012, 10:43 am

On Monday, the police department announced the promotion of officer Chris Akers.... Read More »

Police release security footage of sex-doll robber

7 February 2012, 8:33 am

Police are still looking for the suspect pictured here robbing Romantix Pleasure Palace in Iowa City in January.... Read More »

Death notices for Feb. 6

7 February 2012, 8:33 am

Carroll, Ill., died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. * Mary Martha Peek, 77, of Riverside, formerly of Knoxville, Iowa, and Mt.... Read More »

'Policy Matters' kicks off with history of populism

7 February 2012, 7:28 am

We are an angry lot. The focus and timing of that anger is pretty obvious: the economic pain of the recession, the meagerness of the recovery, the widening chasm of inequality, and a halting political response which is either woefully insufficient or shockingly heavy-handed. That anger has yielded t... Read More »