University Officials Won't Let Drought Spoil the Pentacrest: Iowa City Daily News Links, July 19

So no rain then? (fold arms and pouts) Fine.

On to the Links!

From this Site

A fallen tree for more than 2,000 people Wednesday night in east Iowa City.

The University of Iowa has once again been in the nation. I wonder what kids will do to celebrate?

Click to find out when school is going to start back up at the Iowa City School District.

It's Batman week at the Iowa City Public Library. Check out the they will be showing all week for free.

A new establishment has opened in Iowa City to the growing Chinese population in Iowa City.

Our Patch Pros this week is on tips as this drought continues.

In , we learn that the drought has led to a reduction in mosquitos. Can't really complaint about that.

You'd be than Gwyneth, our featured Iowa City Animal Shelter cat this week.

From Other Sites

Mitchell Schmidt of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that the city project that seeks to improve the railroad crossing at First Avenue has been delayed until 2015.

Lee Hermiston of the Press-Citizen writes that the city's annual Rummage in the Ramp sale actually started out as a joke, and then turned into a pretty good idea.

Mark Carlson of the KCRG noted that the University of Iowa Pentacrest is rather green despite the drought, and checked to see how much watering the university is doing.

Vanessa Miller of the Gazette writes that a child endangerment charge was dropped against Jorge Perez, the man accused of the more serious charge of killing a 20-month-old child.

While some cities are rationing water, the city of Cedar Rapids is asking its citizens to water its trees for city beautification purposes.

Adam Sullivan of the Press-Citizen writes that University of Iowa officials are going to try to fight to retain their flood reconstruction money.

Congrats to West High baseball on another trip to state.

Jim Musser of the Press-Citizen has some show suggestions for you to be sure to catch this weekend.

Authorities in Evansdale are searching the trash for the two missing girls, while an FBI dive team may help to scour the lake.

University of Iowa running back Greg Garmon pleaded guilty to a minor marijuana related charge and now awaits the punishment of the Iowa coaching staff.

Hayley Bruce of the Gazette reports that meanwhile there was a happy ending in Iowa City, as a missing boy was found.

Iowa's financial picture still looks pretty decent compared to the rest of the country, with next tax receipts increasing in June compared to last year.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

Net receipts from all state taxes increased by 11.2 percent in June and annual growth stands at a healthy 6.3 percent, according to the Iowa Legislative Services Agency.

“Recent months have shown very good growth in corporate and sales/use tax deposits and the most recent three months indicate the withholding component of individual income tax is now a significant contributor to overall revenue growth. Over recent months, the only weak revenue source has been fuel tax revenue,” the agency reported in a memo to Iowa lawmakers.

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