Iowa City News

Every August an anime convention is held in Eastern Iowa, just before school starts. For anime and video game fans, this is the perfect way to end an entire summer, and transition back into 'boring life'.

AnimeIowa staff announced at closing ceremonies that they had sold 2468 badges this year, continuing with their yearly attendance increase.

The summer of the arts continues in full swing in Iowa City, featuring a continuing Friday Night Concert Series, Saturday Night Free Movies, and beyond. Keep up with the events, and enjoy your summer weekends with something for everyone.

An accident involving a car and a van happened earlier today on Highway 6. Traffic has been backed up for several blocks, making traffic a little slower and completely blocking one lane on parts of Highway 6.

J & M Displays has been doing the Iowa City Jaycee's fireworks show for over 20 years, and this year's show will be no exception. The 17K show is planned to last for 28 minutes this year, featuring everything that can be expected from a professional fireworks display.

Although many fireworks amateurs travel the distance to Missouri to buy fireworks across the boarder, most don't even come close to a few percent of the 17K Jaycee's is spending on this fourth of July celebration.