2008 Woodie Awards
Bill and Linda DeBrower don't have the typical story behind a foreclosure.
Thanks to a uniquely hostile business climate, the DeBrowers have less than a year to come up with enough money to keep their Tiffin home, sell it to pay back the bank, or lose the house. They are a part of a growing number of locals struggling with their mortgages.
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Vets Helping Vets is "a real loose group of homeless vets," said Leonard McClellan, one of the group's founders.
The nonprofit organization's goal is to aid shelterless veterans and prevent them from dying in the cold, McClellan said.
"Obviously, we failed in that," he said, recalling homeless vet Sonny Iovino's death from hypothermia in early November.
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Witnessing domestic violence lowered children's standardized test scores by more than 12 percentile points, according to a UI study recently published in the Annals of Epidemiology.
The results add on to a long list of the monetary and unseen costs of partner violence.
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As of Tuesday morning, there were 16 UI students on the waiting list for the University Counseling Service, whose director, Sam Cochran, says he needs more counselors.
In fact, hiked interest in their services in the past 10 years is driving all three state university counseling service directors to press for more help.
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Women at the university are still having trouble finding a ride home from downtown on Thursday nights, even after money was given by the UI Student Government for the expansion of the Nite Ride service.
UI police received UISG funding for an additional van and a Thursday night route on Oct. 22. But more than a month later, neither the Thursday night route and extra van exist.
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Jerry Arganbright, the principal of Iowa City West High, wants his school to have a security guard.
"When you're the one person responsible for the safety of all the kids, you don't want to leave any options unconsidered," he said.
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Winter weather and the resulting inclement driving conditions are not infrequent in the Midwest and eastern Iowa this time of year.
In order to help curb the number of weather-related accidents, the Iowa Department of Public Safety and the Iowa Department of Transportation have formed a committee in hopes of developing a plan to provide citizens with safer roadways.
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Sharing a pitcher with friends may leave drinkers feeling less guilt as more breweries worldwide begin to produce organic certified brews.
Aiming to decrease their negative environmental impact, such breweries as Butte Creek Brewing and Goose Island Beer Co. began producing organic brews several years ago, and smaller breweries across the country are jumping on the bandwagon, appealing to consumers vying for a "greener" ale.
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Entering a conference room at the Iowa City Public Library on Wednesday afternoon, Richard Taylor had to remind himself each time he introduced himself to "put your hand out, smile, shake, and talk."
He was diagnosed with dementia of the Alzheimer's type nearly six years ago, and he has since focused his time on advocating for awareness of Alzheimer's worldwide.
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The state of Iowa will pay around $45,000 to find a new executive director for the state Board of Regents, according to the board office.
On Wednesday, the Regents' Executive Director Search Committee met to discuss how the regents' office will replace Gary Steinke, who left his position as executive director of the board Nov. 1.
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The state Board of Regents is set to approve the lowest tuition increase for Iowa residents in nearly 30 years, while hitting UI nonresidents with an increase that is almost triple that of other Iowa public universities.
The increases for fall semester 2008 are a far cry from the double-digit hikes earlier this decade. The proposed 6 percent swell for out-of-state undergraduates at the UI stands in contrast to increases of 2.5 percent and 2.2 percent at Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa, respectively.
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