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It's been almost five months since the keg-registration policy was put into effect, and local liquor-store managers say they have seen no change in the number of kegs purchased.
Though some underage students have been caught trying to register kegs with fake IDs, Mark Harrod, the manager of the Liquor House, 326 S. Clinton St., says the registration policy has not deterred people from buying kegs.
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The majority of the UI investigation into an alleged Hillcrest sexual assault is over, though there may be an indefinite amount of time before the public finds out anything, Charles Green, the assistant vice president for the UI police, said on Monday.
"The investigation certainly is moving along," he said. "The bulk of the work is behind us."
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When all the fines are paid, the season-ending Hawkeye football game will net more than $29,900 for the city in alcohol and drug-related citations.
The weekend surrounding the Nov. 17 face-off between Western Michigan and Iowa accumulated 143 violations, including 92 PAULAs - the most issued for any home game weekend.
The grand total of fines amassed this season? At least $101,750.
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Experts are expecting Iowa shoppers to stay at home this holiday season despite a slight uptick in the spending average of families nationwide.
A report released Nov. 20 by the Conference Board, a national business research organization, found that the western north-central United States - Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and the Dakotas - is expected to spend $397 per family, compared with the estimated nationwide average of $471.
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Local officials seem unwilling to commit to a recent proposal from the Bush administration to equip all short school buses with shoulder seat belts.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters took a bus ride with children in Raleigh, N.C., on Nov. 19, where she proposed additional ideas including increasing the height of seat backs by four inches and providing federal standards for districts that may decide to put lap belts in long buses.
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The Iowa City Task Force for Violence Against Women held its first-ever meeting Monday afternoon, discussing possible solutions for reducing recent sexual assaults in the city.
Many of the topics raised were iterations, UISG Vice President Carole Peterson said, including increased pedestrian lighting and transportation options.
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The tornadoes that ripped through Iowa City in April 2006 devastated far more than the businesses, homes, and lives of those affected.
In the quiet, 2.4-acre green space located at 600 E. College St., dozens of the once tall and majestic trees overlooking the historic College Green Park met their demise at the violent, thrashing hand of the spring storm.
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The Iowa City City Councilors discussed the imminent need for additional parking downtown in a special work session Monday.
Bob Miklo, a senior city planner, said that there was a dire need - an estimated 1,000 spots - for parking right now, and he noted that parking demand would increase if Iowa City keeps growing as it has.
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The differences between a modern man and a caveman are huge. But a professor from the University of Kansas has found a difference between the two that he hopes will halt the increase in depression cases nationwide. (0) comments
Trial set in alleged meth-lab case
A date has been set for an Iowa City man to go to trial stemming from his alleged ties to methamphetamine production.
Zachary Young, 23, is set to stand trial on Feb. 4, 2008, on five different charges after the alleged discovery of a methamphetamine lab on Taft Speedway.
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