The public library in a small Iowa farming town has been embroiled in a monthslong controversy spurred by anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, attempts to censor books with progressive and LGBTQ themes and the ...

Some libraries just house books, while others are an architectural majesty with the most impressive bibliography to surround yourself with while you study, work, or write that novel. There are many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recommendations in Gov. Kim Reynolds' state government reorganization bill give me serious concerns as an active voter and library ...

A rainy evening looks like poor weather for a bike ride, but great conditions for tuning up a bicycle in the Iowa City Bike Library’s garage. Folk music plays overhead as a Bike Library staff member ...

On a frigid Monday afternoon, down the streets of the Peninsula neighborhood in Iowa City, a boxy blue bus filled wall to wall with stacks of books sat parked against a curb. As biting winds tore ...

AN EASTERN IOWA TOWN’S LIBRARY IS CLOSED FOR AT LEAST A MONTH AFTER LOSING A THIRD LEADER IN TWO YEARS. THE INTERIM HEAD OF THE VINTON LIBRARY RESIGNED EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE DEPARTURE FORCED THE ...

IOWA CITY - The cameras are gone and the Iowa City Public Library will be in compliance of a new state law banning their use in Iowa governmental buildings. The cameras, which have been in use for 10 ...

I didn't think I would write you in New England this summer when you gave me your address the night before you left lines from the life of an island, the people we were together. They're also part of ...

DES MOINES — House Republican lawmakers have halted a proposal that would help Iowa’s public libraries reverse anticipated financial losses under a property tax reform measure signed into law last ...

Sam Helmick is Iowa Library Association president and community and access services coordinator for the Iowa City Public Library. Recommendations in Gov. Kim Reynolds' state government reorganization ...