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Criminal Justice

Friends Of “Person Of Interest” Respond To Chinese Student’s Death

By Lu Shen | September 30, 2014

Yitong Ling would never have imagined her “super nice” friend Xiangnan Li would be the main person of interest in a suspicious murder case. Even so, Ling said she wasn’t surprised when the Iowa City Police Department released the news Monday, Sept. 29.

Business & Consumer Affairs

Affordable Housing Advocates Challenge, Stereotypes

By Ryan Roccaforte and Emily Schettler | January 29, 2011

At 53, Rose LaGrange is living her dream.
She became a first-time homeowner in November 2009 with the help of a program administered by the Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County, an organization that supports affordable housing by funding affordable home ownership, rental and transitional housing.