Iowa City Owl

President Barack Obama will not be visiting Cleveland, Ohio on Monday as originally scheduled in light of some plan changes that he recently made. Instead, he will be traveling to Louisiana according to dailycaller.

Information about contacts that the suspect in the Colorado shooting at a Batman movie premiere made before he took action. The ties revealed a link with the University of Iowa. [ads]According to www.macon.

According to examiner.com, a recent poll has shown that Mitt Romney and President Obama are at a near tie in the nation, with the important swing state of Iowa leaning toward Obama. [ads]A recent poll of 1244 likely voters in Iowa was taken by Public Policy Polling and gave surprising results.

The Iowa City couple accused of abusing a 20 month old child have their trial date set. They will both go to trail together on December 11. [ads]18-year old Mireya Balderas and 20-year old Jorge J. Perez are facing charges of child endangerment resulting in death.

An Iowa City woman has been arrested and charged with the theft of $141,000 from the law office where she was working, according to sfgate.com. She remains in jail facing charges.[ads]35-year old Kimberly Kurka is being accused of misappropriating money for two years while she was working at Foster Law Office in Iowa City and was arrested after an investigation and proof derived from a forensic fraud examiner.

It may be unusual to think of Iowa City as being affected by the impact of Tropical Storm Iowa, but even Iowa may meet some of the effects of the storm that is heading right for the southeast United States this week.

Details of the unusual drug investigation that turned into a shootout in a trailer park east of Iowa City leaving one man dead have finally been released. Names of some of the officers involved have also been released.

The man accused in the death of a 20 month old at the end of April has waived his right to a speedy trial and will probably not be going to trial on September 4. [ads]21-year old Jorge Perez faces two charges of child endangerment resulting in death, an accusation spurring from the arrest of Perez and his girlfriend, 18-year old Miraya Balderas on June 10.

The man who was recently arrested in Illinois in connection with a shooting death in Iowa City has waived his extradition rights and will be transferred to Johnson County to face first-degree murder charges.

Iowa City is approaching wild house parties differently with the introduction of a new ordinance.[ads]According to loansafe.org, Iowa City voted Tuesday night on an ordinance amending the nuisance rental property regulations allowing a better way to deal with people who throw loud parties and try to avoid the police.