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dailyiowan.com > 03/31/2026 > review-the-music-man-was-an-entertaining-iowa-themed-musical

Review | ‘The Music Man’ was an entertaining Iowa-themed musical

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (695+ words) I love a good musical, and as someone who writes about music, I especially love musical soundtracks. "The Music Man's" soundtrack was probably one of the most energizing I've heard, with a familiar name attached to it." Meredith Willson, the…...

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dailyiowan.com > 03/31/2026 > from-farmers-market-to-storefront-iowa-citys-local-businesses-grow

From farmers market to storefront: Iowa City’s local businesses grow

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (837+ words) Iowa City's downtown streets are lined with local businesses, their storefronts filled with loyal customers and familiar names. For many of those businesses, though, their stories didn't begin behind glass windows; they started at the Iowa City Farmers Market, where…...

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dailyiowan.com > 03/30/2026 > influential-women-who-came-from-iowa-city-ui

Influential women who came from Iowa City, UI

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (498+ words) Smiley is a 1992 distinguished fiction Pulitzer Prize winning author whose credits include "A Thousand Acres," which won the Pulitzer Prize, the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: "Some Luck," "Early Warning," and "Golden Age," and "Greenland." Mildred Wirt Benson was an author…...

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dailyiowan.com > 03/30/2026 > iowa-womens-basketballs-addie-deal-to-enter-transfer-portal

Iowa women’s basketball’s Addie Deal to enter transfer portal

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (280+ words) Iowa women's basketball received a sizable blow to its roster Monday afternoon as talented first-year guard Addie Deal will enter the transfer portal, Talia Goodman of On3 reported. The agency representing Deal, Upper Echelon Basketball, announced the same and the guard…...

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dailyiowan.com > 03/30/2026 > ditv-no-kings-protest-returns-to-iowa-city-for-a-3rd-time

DITV: ‘No Kings’ Protest Returns to Iowa City for a 3rd Time

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (42+ words) Iowa Avenue in downtown Iowa City was packed this Saturday with protestors who are frustrated with the current presidential administration. DITV News Director Kayla Smith and DITV News Kate Vernon ... DITV: "No Kings" Protest Returns to Iowa City for a…...

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dailyiowan.com > 03/29/2026 > opinion-the-iowa-legislature-infringes-on-local-communitys-right-to-make-decisions

Opinion | The Iowa legislature infringes on local community’s right to make decisions

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (641+ words) The Iowa Senate and Gov. Kim Reynolds" decision to do away with Iowa City"s local gender protections is a cruel overreach in power made only possible by the rampant attack around the country against gender identity. These pieces of…...

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dailyiowan.com > 03/28/2026 > third-nationwide-no-kings-day-rallies-in-iowa-city

Third nationwide “No Kings” day rallies in Iowa City

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (1151+ words) About a thousand Iowa City community members flooded Iowa Avenue and the University of Iowa Pentacrest on March 28 to protest against the Trump administration, calling for "No Kings" in a movement with the rest of the county." Indivisible, a national…...

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dailyiowan.com > 03/27/2026 > headliners-qa-with-cedar-rapids-band-spirit-awake

Headliners | Q&A with Cedar Rapids band Spirit Awake

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (906+ words) Spirit Awake is a band based in Cedar Rapids. Formed in 2022, the band consists of guitarist Ian Landuyt, bass player Patrick Seaton, drummer Zacary Heinzerling, and keyboardist Jacob Cacioppo." The band sat down with The Daily Iowan after their performance…...

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dailyiowan.com > 03/26/2026 > iowa-city-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-receipt-of-child-pornography

Iowa City man sentenced to prison for receipt of child pornography

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (300+ words) According to a news release from the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa, law enforcement arrested Parsons after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a CyberTip. The tip alleged that Parsons had been…...

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dailyiowan.com > 03/23/2026 > photos-iowa-womens-basketball-virginia-marchmadness-ncaa

Photos: No. 2 seed Iowa women’s basketball falls to No. 10 seed Virginia

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (142+ words) The No. 2 seed Iowa Hawkeyes fell to the No. 10 seed Virginia Cavaliers, 83-75, in the second round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Monday. Virginia kept the Hawkeyes' offense to making just 37% of their…...