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According to a recent article on the Iowa City Patch website, the issue of banning plastic bags is not looking so good to the City Council even though the community largely supports a legislation. [ads]The City Council of Iowa City received advice from other city staff on the topic of a potential plastic bag ban in the city and as a result, have expressed a lack of interest in passing any legislation to ban plastic bag use.

The chickens will have to wait just a little bit longer as the City Council of Iowa City has delayed the final decision on allowing backyard chickens within the city limit. [ads]The city council has taken some steps toward making a final decision and setting up regulations for Iowa City to allow backyard chickens to be kept.

It is nearing time for Iowa City's annual East Side Artist Holiday Show and Sale, just in time for anyone wanting to buy any last minute Christmas gifts for any people that are left on their list.

The young mother accused in the death of her 20-month-old toddler has another new trial date, set separately from the date that she and her boyfriend originally faced together, according to an article on thegazette.

Iowa City's Sycamore Mall has been foreclosed upon by a lender. [ads]In late October, the lender of the loan for Sycamore Mall, Wells Fargo Bank, filed a petition for foreclosure against CORE Sycamore Town Center, a company that owns Sycamore Mall.

Iowa City may be making some big changes for the environment, according to a recent announcement. [ads]The City Council of Iowa City has placed consideration of a ban on plastic bags in Iowa City on the schedule.

A former Iowa City Fire Department official has been convicted of second-degree murder for shooting his girlfriend and will likely face life in prison, according to a recent article on sfgate.com.[ads]A jury convicted Thomas Hansen, a former official with the Iowa City Fire Department and Johnson County emergency management of second-degree murder after he was accused of shooting his girlfriend.

Monticello, Iowa recently had a very rough time in its downtown area, according to an article on kcrg.com. A fire broke out and took several different fire departments to extinguish the blaze. [ads]A fire in the downtown Monticello area was reported to be breaking out Wednesday at around 3:40 a.

The new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have a not-so-good impact on some of the workers in various areas in Iowa as employers are cutting hours for part-time patients in anticipation of President Obama's health care reforms.