The Iowa City Public Library will explore the shift of seeds from a local resource to a corporately-owned property with a screening of Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds on Wednesday, July 22.

This 2015 environmental documentary by M. Sean Kaminsky looks at the challenges facing one of the world’s most precious resources: seeds. In the past, seeds were saved season-to-season and shared gardener-to-gardener. Today, more than half of the seed stock is controlled by three major corporations. Open Sesame details the history of seeds and presents the challenges organic and small growers,...

A new agenda has been posted for the upcoming meeting of the Human Rights Commission, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Helling Conference Room, City Hall, 410 E. Washington Street.

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Weather permitting, on Monday, July 20, 2015, the Johnson County Secondary Road Department will begin work on the reconstruction of the intersection of IWV Road and Hebl Avenue. This work will necessitate the closure of IWV Road just west of the intersection and is expected to be in effect until the end of October.

The closure will affect access to Hebl Avenue and the Iowa City Landfill. Access to the Iowa City Landfill will be from the EAST ONLY. For access to the Iowa City Landfill from the west, a detour route will be posted and will be Ivy Avenue to 340th Street to Ireland...

Weather permitting, beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14, the Walmart access road from Highway 1 will be closed for street repairs. It is anticipated that the road will be reopened by 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 16. Traffic wanting to access area businesses should use Ruppert Road.

Due to the closure, effective immediately, Westport and Oakcrest Night and Weekend bus routes will detour. The following stops will not be serviced during this detour: #8013 (Wal-Mart), #8014 (Wal-Mart - moved to Ruppert Rd), #8012 (Aldi - moved to West side of street), #8010 (Hwy1), #8015 (Hwy1), #8016...