New Pi Moving?, Grumbling over Animal Fees, and an Investigation into a UI Student's Death: Iowa City Daily Links, Feb. 16.

It is aching outside to be Spring, I can feel it. Or maybe that's me aching I'm projecting.

On to the Links.

From Other Sites

The New Pioneer Co-Op is thinking about moving to a new Iowa City location, writes Tara Bannow of the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

Bannow also reports that several Johnson County municipalities, including the county itself, are jockeying for lower prices for animal care than the fees requested by the Iowa City Animal Shelter as a condition of sharing in its future location.

Alesha Crews of the Press-Citizen writes that the Iowa City School District finally had some good financial news to share.

Lee Hermiston of the Press-Citizen reports that harder drugs are making a comeback to the area.

Mark Carlson of KCRG reports that the city's move to limit high density apartments near downtown isn't popular with everyone.

Think Occupy Iowa City should decamp? Then the Iowa City Press-Citizen editorial board agrees with you.

A new Iowa City Dairy Queen location is now open.

The Daily Iowan has a very nice investigative piece up about a student's fall to his death in India last year.

Kristen East of the Daily Iowan writes that Physical Education becoming a part of the Iowa Core, a set of educational standards that guide in Iowa education.

Jordyn Reiland of the Daily Iowan was at the Iowa City School Board's first public listening post in Coralville.

China's Vice President is visiting Iowa this week, and the Daily Iowan has coverage of the visit.

Vanessa Miller of the Gazette writes that the family of a late UI law professor is suing the university's hospital for missing his colon cancer.

Iowa City Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

Local officials were flabbergasted at not being contacted directly after the fall.

"We told [the School] they should have informed us in the evening, and we would have contacted the Indo-Tibetan Border Police post," said Jaswant Rathore, the head of the police for Munsiyari, speaking in Hindi. "If they informed us on time, rescue efforts could have begun by 6 p.m. on the same day."

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police supply post is located less than a mile from where Plotkin fell.

Speaking in Hindi, "We handle all kinds of rescue efforts in this area ranging from natural disasters, buses falling over, or people falling over," said Pragdott Joshi, a subinspector of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. "All our soldiers are deployed as soon as we are notified and provide any kind of assistance needed."