For drivers, green usually means go and yellow means yield. But the federal government thought circular green lights in left-turn lanes were sending mixed signals because those drivers must yield to oncoming traffic. “Your mind is kind of programmed to think green equals go,” said Scott Larson, Coralville’s assistant city engineer. New standards from...
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CORALVILLE — A plugged pump caused the city of Coralville to discharge wastewater to Muddy Creek on Thursday. The discharge from a pumping station located next to Brown Deer Golf Club on Oakdale Boulevard began around 10 a.m. and ended around 1:00 p.m. People and pets should avoid the area for 48 hours. The...
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CORALVILLE – Another project will be underway soon in Coralville’s Iowa River Landing district. The City Council Tuesday night voted to accept an $11.2 million bid from Knutson Construction Services to construct a parking ramp to serve the area. The 150-acre Iowa River Landing is south of the Interstate 80-First Avenue interchange. Plans for the...
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UPDATED 9:55 p.m. with comment from Sales family CORALVILLE – The city of Coralville may have lost its chance to buy the last home along flood-prone Edgewater Drive. The City Council Tuesday night failed to agree to pay what Mark Brown was asking for his home at 723 Edgewater Dr. The city had offered...
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CORALVILLE – The Coralville City Council Tuesday night agreed to buy 46 acres of land north of town for future development. The city will pay $3.5 million for the properties, west of North Liberty Road, owned by Diana Pratt and Moon Dance LLC. They include a million-dollar home and other outbuildings. The land is in...
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UPDATED 5:05 p.m. with annexation information CORALVILLE – The city of Coralville wants to buy 46 acres north of town to extend a sewer line and possibly Forevergreen Road to serve future residential development. The City Council is scheduled to vote on two property purchases at its May 24 meeting. One deal is for $1.05 million...
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CORALVILLE – The last man standing on Coralville’s Edgewater Drive is stepping down, reluctantly, from his elevated home. Mark Brown has agreed to sell his home along the Iowa River to the city, but he said he did so only after city officials suggested they could use eminent domain to seize the property if...
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A roundup of legislative and Capitol items of interest for Friday, May 6: PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER: Gov. Terry Branstad was notified Friday that President Obama has authorized a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for six counties impacted by severe storms, tornadoes, and straight-line winds that occurred on April 9-10. The declaration will provide federal funding to...
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CORALVILLE – Coralville City Administrator Kelly Hayworth is in line for a 4 percent increase in his total compensation package. The City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday to set Hayworth’s total package at $166,300, up from $159,900. That includes a salary of $156,300 and $10,000 deferred compensation toward a retirement plan. His current...
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CORALVILLE – Coralville plans to amend its city code to help attract a brewery to the Iowa River Landing district.  The city has received a couple of inquiries from breweries and brew pubs, in which beer is made on site, but there are no immediate plans for one to open, City Administrator Kelly Hayworth...
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