Iowa City Fire Department responds to building fire at 623 E. College Street

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 4:16pm
Contact: 
John Grier
Fire Department

The Iowa City Fire Department responded to a building fire at 623 E. College Street at 5:17 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The first unit arrived on scene three minutes after receiving the alarm and reported a working fire with smoke coming from the attic.

The occupants of the building had safely exited the structure prior to the fire department’s arrival. Fire crews made multiple efforts to attack the fire from the interior, but were eventually forced to vacate the building and fight the fire from the exterior using elevated hose streams.

Sixteen fire personnel responded to the...

Iowa City Police Chief Sam Hargadine accepts an award from Mayor Matt Hayek for the Iowa City Police Department's initiatives to reduce domestic violence.

Iowa City Police Chief and Police Department receive award for work on domestic abuse prevention

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 12:33pm
Contact: 
Scott Gaarde
Police

Mayor Matt Hayek presented Chief Hargadine with the Verizon HopeLine Champion Award, which recognizes select law enforcement agencies or individuals across the country for extraordinary commitment to preventing domestic violence and raising community awareness. DVIP Executive Director Kristie Fortmann-Doser of the Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) recommended the Iowa City Police Department for the award for their work as part of the Iowa City Domestic Abuse Response Team.

In recognition of the award, DVIP will receive a $10,000 HopeLine grant from Verizon that will be...

Sign-up deadline extended for Special Olympics dodgeball fundraiser

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 12:29pm
Police

The deadline to register teams for a dodgeball tournament fundraiser for Special Olympics in Iowa has now been extended another week to Friday, Oct. 30.

Cost is $200 per team. Each team must include seven players to start, although teams can have up to 10 players on their roster. All players must be 12 years of age or older. To sign up, visit www.firstgiving.com/soiowa . All participants will receive a tournament t-shirt.

The tournament is scheduled Sunday, Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. at the Grant Wood...

ICPL Weekly Calendar: October 24 to November 6, 2015

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 11:00am
Iowa City Public Library

October 24, 2015

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Music is the Word Family Concert Orchestra Iowa Pied Piper: Woodwind Quintet

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Meeting Room A

Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk

Contact Phone: 319-356-5200

Open to the public

Details: A special Music is the Word and family concert presented by Orchestra Iowa. Stop by to learn about the woodwind family and hear some wonderful music! Part of the ICPL "Music Is The Word" series welcoming the University of Iowa School of Music to downtown Iowa City...

Friday is deadline to sign up for dodgeball tournament fundraiser for Special Olympics

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 2:10pm
Police

UPDATE - Registration extended to Friday, Oct. 30

Dodgeball players: There’s still time to register teams for a dodgeball tournament scheduled next month to help raise funds for Special Olympics in Iowa. The deadline to sign up to play and receive a tournament t-shirt is this Friday, Oct. 30.

Cost is $200 per team. Each team must include seven players to start, although teams can have up to 10 players on their roster. All players must be 12 years of age or older. To sign up, visit www.firstgiving.com/soiowa . Funds raised will...

Tickets Available for Rev Up for Rotary, Rev Up for Reading Raffle

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 1:41pm
Iowa City Public Library

There’s not much time to buy your tickets for the Rev Up for Rotary, Rev Up for Reading raffle drawing. This special raffle by the Iowa City Noon Rotary Club is in celebration of 100 years of service. Proceeds will benefit the Iowa City Public Library, the Coralville Public Library and the North Liberty Community Library, as well as Iowa City Noon Rotary community projects. Buy your tickets now for a chance to win a 2015 Toyota Highlander XLE AWD. Tickets are $25 each or five for $100. Tickets can be purchased at the libraries or from an Iowa City Noon Rotary Club member until noon on...

Oakcrest and Night/Weekend Oakcrest routes are detouring due to road work effective immediately

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 1:13pm
Contact: 
Curtis Brenton
Transit

Effective immediately, the Oakcrest and Night/Weekend Oakcrest bus routes are detouring using Woodside Drive due to road construction taking place on the 600 block of Greenwood Drive. The bus stops located at Woodside Place and Greenwood Drive (stop 8120), Greenwood Drive and Benton Street (stop 8121), and Seville Apartments (stop 8122) will be out of service for the duration of the project. Customers can use alternate bus stops located at Oakcrest Drive and Woodside Drive (stop 8118) or at the bus shelter located at Benton Street and Oaknoll Drive (stop 8123). This detour will be in...

Reminder: Public input meeting scheduled Wednesday for Lower City Park

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 10:43am
Parks and Recreation

Due to the continued challenges caused by seasonal flooding in Lower City Park, the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department is planning a redesign of the area. The public is reminded that the City will host an open house on Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Social Hall of the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center, 220 S. Gilbert Street, to present and gather ideas and feedback on a new master plan for Lower City Park.

Confluence, a Des Moines-based landscape architecture firm that has been hired to develop the park master plan, will be available to present details of some of...

Volunteers needed for Wetherby Park Edible Forest projects

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 10:41am
Contact: 
Joyce Carroll
Parks and Recreation

Volunteers are needed this Friday, Oct. 23, to help build pathways and a natural playscape in the Wetherby Park Edible Forest at 2400 Taylor Drive in Iowa City. The event, hosted by Backyard Abundance and the City of Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department, will be held from 8 to 11:30 a.m.

Participants will seed grass in pathways, help with light weeding, and establish a natural playscape made from buried logs and stumps. Volunteers are asked to wear jeans, boots, and gloves, and bring steel rakes, shovels, pitchforks, and wheel barrows if possible. Refreshments will be provided...

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