January a Deadly Month for Motorists, West High Lengthening its Day?, Hancher Soldiers On: Iowa City Daily Links, Feb. 4

My weather prediction: Fog, rain, ice, snow, melt, fog, rain, ice, snow, melt (repeat until March, then take out the snow part)

On to the links!

From this Site

A local business owner is taking a chance with a downtown.

An armed robber the U.S. Bank branch on Mormon Trek Boulevard on Friday afternoon, the same branch that was victimized last fall.

We have a list of things for you to this weekend.

One of those things to do is a being held in Iowa City today. Our own B.A. Morelli shared some of his experiences with home births. Feel free to share yours with us as well.

The Super Bowl is coming up this weekend. We want your take on , along with your best Super Bowl .

Meet , our adopt this pet of the week -- a loving tabby cat in need of a good home.

In our Parents Talk this week, we ask what parents do to handle a child who is .

From Other Sites

Josh O'Leary of the Iowa City Press-Citizen reports on the new conceptual plans for the Hancher replacement and other University of Iowa art buildings.

O'Leary also writes about Hancher soldiering on despite the post flood challenges.

Congrats to the Iowa City Press-Citizen and the Gazette for their Associated Press Media Editors news awards. Boo to the APME for making their results too hard to find. Google is your friend Associated Press! Oh wait, it totally isn't.

The Dance Marathoners are still going on the University of Iowa Campus, and it turns out this will be a record setting year.

Don't think the Iowa Technology Corridor is a good name for the regional alliance between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids? How about the Iowa Creative Corridor? Meh.

Vanessa Miller of the Gazette writes that Thursday's suspected armed robber on the University of Iowa campus remains at large.

Miller also writes that a local Planned Parenthood branch reacted favorably to a foundation's decision to reverse an earlier decision to cut funding to the women's health organization based on conflicted views on abortion.

Mark Carlson with KCRG writes that West High School is looking at more early bird classes to address overcrowding at the school.

In yesterday's links, I posted a link stating that serious motor accidents improved last year. Well, that good news lasted a whole day, as January saw more fatal accidents than usual.

Iowa City Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

Staging fewer than half as many shows and hosting smaller productions in venues that seat far fewer than the old 2,500-seat auditorium, Hancher’s gross ticket receipts reached a low point last season, its attendance was less than a quarter of what it was pre-flood, and its total revenue is about a third what it was four seasons ago — all anticipated consequences.

Now, with UI set to unveil plans for the new Hancher at a public presentation Tuesday, the question is, will Hancher patrons who have fallen out of the habit of attending shows return in 2015, when the new auditorium is expected to open?