Shoppers and bar-goers can soon rejoice as a prominent downtown project nears completion. Dubuque Street has been closed between Iowa Ave. and Washington St. since March for road reconstruction ...

In the next week, pavement markings will be painted on the southeast corner of Iowa Avenue and Dubuque Street, marking the official completion of hard surface work on the downtown road.

It has been almost two months since Dubuque Street in downtown Iowa City re-opened for vehicle traffic, and the large, chain-link fences akin to prison bars were removed from alongside a renewed ...