In order to better serve our customers and the students of Southeast Junior High, Regina and City High School, Iowa City Transit will be making several changes to the AM and PM Eastside Loop routes effective August 24, 2015. These changes are necessary due to the earlier start times released by the Iowa City school district for the upcoming school year as well as the ongoing First Avenue Grade Separation project that is expected to continue through to next summer. Detailed route and schedule changes are as follows:

AM Eastside Loop changes

The AM Eastside Loop will begin on...

Weather permitting, beginning at 9:30 a.m. until approximately 11 a.m., on Thursday, Aug. 6, First Avenue will experience periodic closures from Bradford Drive to the Iowa Interstate Railroad crossing. Each closure will possibly last from 5 to 15 minutes, at which time no through traffic will be permitted on First Avenue. These periodic closures are necessary to facilitate utility relocation work completed by MidAmerican Energy in preparation for the First Avenue Grade Separation Project.

Motorists are to take note of this construction and to seek an alternate route or allow extra...

Nominations are now being sought for Iowa City’s 2015 Human Rights Awards. Individuals, businesses, or organizations whose ongoing work, service, or contributions have positively impacted Human Rights either locally or abroad may be nominated in the following categories:

Isabel Turner Award: for working for the rights of individuals to get fair and ethical treatment and/or volunteering time to an organization or business that works for these rights; Rick Graf Award: for long-term commitment of an individual, business, or individual with a service...

For the ninth year in a row, the City of Iowa City’s mega-recycle / resale event, Rummage in the Ramp, once again helped keep several tons of still-usable items out of the Landfill. By the end of the 10-day event, 25 tons of goods had been donated, displayed, and sold.

From July 27 through Sunday, Aug. 2, Rummage in the Ramp encouraged students and tenants who were moving out of their apartments to drop off household items to the sale rather than leave them at the curb or in the dumpster. The donated items, including furniture, beds, household goods, clothing, books, non-perishable...