The City of Iowa City Green Iowa AmeriCorps team will be hosting a fall clean up from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019.

AmeriCorps members will be cleaning up trash along Highway 6 between Sycamore and South Gilbert Streets. Adult volunteers who want to join are invited to meet at 9:30 a.m. on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Taylor Drive.

This event is being held in collaboration with the Southside Neighborhood District, Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity, and the Iowa Department of Transportation's Adopt-A-Highway program.

Green Iowa AmeriCorps is...

The City is working with the consulting firm Opticos Design on establishing form-based zoning regulations for an area in the South District of Iowa City. We are at a point in the process where we need your input.

The public meeting will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 at The Park Lodge at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area, 579 McCollister Blvd.

The tentative agenda will include a presentation on the draft code (20 minutes), Q&A on presentation (20 minutes); followed by a discussion with consultants and City staff (60 minutes).

Please join us...

The Iowa City Human Rights Commission is seeking applicants to fill three vacancies on the Commission that will run from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Service is on a volunteer basis and the group meets monthly.

Duties of the Commission involve educating the public on civil and human rights, including planning programs and activities to eliminate unlawful discrimination. The Commission also makes recommendations to the City Council for Social Justice and Racial Equity Grant funding, as well as for additional local legislation as it relates to discrimination.

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On April 5, 2019, at approximately 6:59 am, a 911 call was made by Roy Carl Browning Jr., reporting his wife; JoEllen Browning (age 65) was unresponsive. At approximately 7:07 am, emergency personnel arrived and found JoEllen Browning deceased. She was found lying on the bedroom floor with apparent stab wounds.

The autopsy conducted by the University of Iowa Decedent Care Unit concluded JoEllen sustained multiple sharp force injuries to the front and back of her torso. The cause of death was sharp force injuries and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.

Following...