The deadline to apply for funding for community-led climate action initiatives is quickly approaching.

The Climate Action Grant program is designed to empower Iowa City students, businesses, and organizations to take climate action and lead fellow community members in supporting activities that promote energy efficiency, reduce reliance on single-occupant vehicles, encourage care for natural spaces, and enhance quality of life for all.

Successful project proposals must focus on climate action goals in Iowa City and be accomplished by June 30, 2022. Organizations and...

The City's Engineering division will host a public meeting to receive public comment on the reconstruction of the Second Avenue bridge over Ralston Creek.

The meeting will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, 2021, via Zoom. The meeting is open for the neighborhood and any other interested residents or users of Court Hill Trail.

The 2019 biannual bridge inspection rated the bridge as in need of replacement. The bridge deck has cracks, and current safety guidelines to separate pedestrians from vehicular traffic are not met.

The project, which runs from D...

Effective immediately, City Council meetings will now start an hour earlier.

The permanent change means that work sessions and formal meetings, both normally held on the first and third Tuesdays of the month, will begin earlier: work sessions at 4 p.m. and formal meetings at 6 p.m.

To view documents for council meetings, visit http://www.icgov.org/councildocs .

You can watch the meeting on cable channel 4 (118.2 QAM) in Iowa City, University Heights and Coralville, or you can watch it online at any of the following...

Between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2021, an individual reported being bitten by a smaller, black, curly-coated dog, possibly a cockapoo, that was loose north of the intersection of Dodge Street and Prairie Du Chien Road.

The dog was seen with a medium-sized American terrier-like dog with a short coat that was white with some tan. Both dogs were loose and ran across Prairie Du Chein, but were retrieved later by two juveniles.

Iowa City Animal Services is looking to locate the owners of both dogs for information regarding their rabies vaccination histories. If...