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Deal, Heiden sweep Big Ten Player of the Week honors

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa of sophomore Ava Heiden and freshman Addie Deal both earned weekly honors from the Big Ten on Monday. Heiden was named the player of the week and...Read More

McCabe sustains season-ending injury

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa senior Taylor McCabe sustained a season-ending injury (ACL) during Iowa’s win over No. 12 Ohio State on Sunday. She will undergo surgery and miss the remainder of...Read More

Stuelke named Naismith National Player of the Week

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa senior Hannah Stuelke was named the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Player of the Week on Monday. Stuelke led the Hawkeyes to three wins over AP Top 15 opponents...Read More

Wrong-way driver accused of causing serious accident on Highway 6

Lang 1/26/26 A wrong-way driver has been arrested after Iowa City Police say he was involved in a serious accident on Highway 6 last fall. 45-year-old Venel Joseph of the Saddlebrook manufactured housing community reportedly drove eastbound...Read More

North Liberty Police make arrest in alleged doxing incident

Lang 1/26/26 North Liberty Police have made an arrest in a reported doxing incident. According to arrest records, 45-year-old Shellie Everts began sending numerous harassing Facebook messages to a North Liberty resident last March. Everts, whose address...Read More

New Fieldhouse bar remains open during appeal of 14-day license suspension

Lang 1/26/26 The new Fieldhouse bar on South Clinton Street is remaining open as its owners appeal a 14-day liquor license suspension handed down by the Iowa City City Council. That’s according to a weekend post on...Read More

Hundreds brave cold to protest ICE, remember victims of recent shootings

Lang 1/26/26 Hundreds of people took to the Pentacrest on Sunday to protest the recent actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, including the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a VA ICU nurse who was shot...Read More

#10 Iowa dominates #12 OSU 91-70

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa – No. 10 Iowa (18-2, 9-0) defeated No. 12 Ohio State (18-3, 7-2) on Sunday afternoon inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, 91-70. The Hawkeyes snapped the Buckeyes’ seven-game winning streak. Three different Hawkeyes...Read More

Heartlanders grab point in shootout defeat, 3-2

Iowa Heartlanders news release Jacksonville, FL — The Iowa Heartlanders and Jacksonville Icemen each scored in the final 25 seconds to force overtime and Icemen forward Bennett MacArthur won it in the fourth round of the shootout, 3-2,...Read More

Suspect faces new charges after allegedly damaging a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office transport van

Lang 1/25/26 A suspect faces new charges after allegedly damaging the inside of a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office transport van. Arrest records indicate 38-year-old Chad Wambold of West Branch was being transported between correctional facilities around 1:00...Read More

Coralville Police: Driver in I-80 rollover accident was intoxicated

Lang 1/25/26 Coralville Police say the driver in an early Sunday morning rollover accident on Interstate 80 was legally intoxicated. Officers responded to a motor vehicle accident on I-80 westbound near the 1st Avenue exit just after...Read More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers giving away two free Coralville Lake campground rentals

Lang 1/25/26 While camping may not be on most people’s minds during the current cold snap, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reminding the public that Coralville Lake campsites open up in less than 100 days....Read More

Heartlanders score five unanswered to rip Icemen, 5-1

Iowa Heartlanders news release Jacksonville, FL — Iowa Heartlanders defenseman Anthony Firriolo (1g, 2a) registered three points, William Rousseau made 33 saves and the Heartlanders stampeded past the Jacksonville Icemen, 5-1, Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Iowa...Read More

National News

Crippling winter storm slams U.S., bringing deadly cold and leaving over 1M without power

A sprawling and unusually powerful winter storm has battered vast portions of the United States, coating roads in dangerous ice, burying cities under heavy snow, and plunging temperatures to life-threatening lows. The system has knocked out electricity...Read More

Minnesota officials demand answers after fatal shooting of Alex Pretti sparks outrage

Minnesota officials are pressing for full transparency and accountability following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a federal agent in south Minneapolis, an incident that has triggered protests, lawsuits, and intense scrutiny of federal...Read More

Former special counsel Jack Smith testifies at House hearing regarding Trump investigations

Former special counsel Jack Smith appeared publicly before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday for the first time, forcefully defending his investigations into Donald Trump and warning that the rule of law in the United States must...Read More