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Iowa City man accused of giving false information in acquiring a weapon

Lang 3/28/26 Reportedly giving false information in order to acquire a weapon has led to a felony charge against an Iowa City man. Iowa City Police say on the afternoon of August 14th, 2024, 28-year-old MacArthur Young...Read More

Iowa City man accused of attempting to entice multiple minors for sex given deferred judgment

Lang 3/28/26 An Iowa City man accused of soliciting multiple minors for sex has been given a deferred judgment. Judge Brandon Schrock handed that sentence down to 27-year-old Mark Zogg-Kellett of North Johnson Street on Friday. Iowa...Read More

University of Iowa water testing for lead program receives grant to expand efforts

By:Brooklyn Draisey (Iowa Capital Dispatch) University of Iowa researchers will use grant funding from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust to meet growing demand for water testing for lead. The UI announced in a news release that Get the Lead...Read More

Wellman man accused of trying to entice a minor in Iowa City given deferred judgment

Lang 3/28/26 A Wellman man accused of trying to entice a minor for sex acts has been given a deferred judgment. That was the sentence handed down by Judge Brandon Schrock to 38-year-old Nelson Overholt of Circle...Read More

Iowa softball falls to #16 Washington, 16-7

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa softball team fell to No. 16 Washington, 16-7, on Friday evening at Pearl Field. HOW IT HAPPENED The Hawkeyes struck first in the opening frame. Junior Leah...Read More

Miura scores lone goal for Iowa in 6-1 defeat

Iowa Heartlanders news release Coralville, Iowa — Yuki Miura provided a goal for the Iowa Heartlanders in a 6-1 loss to the Cincinnati Cyclones Friday at Xtream Arena. Chase Wutzke made his professional debut in relief during the...Read More

Hawkeye Elite Eight news conference transcript

UI Athletics news release THE MODERATOR: We’ll start with an opening statement. BEN McCOLLUM: Yeah. No, we’re excited to compete to be able to get to a Final Four. I think our prep today was good. We’ll...Read More

Iowa baseball drops series opener against #1 UCLA, 5-2

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa baseball team dropped the series opener to No. 1 UCLA, 5-2, on Friday afternoon at Duane Banks Field. The Hawkeyes fell to 15-9 overall and 3-4...Read More

West Branch firefighters battle vehicle fire east of Iowa City

Lang 3/27/26 West Branch firefighters battled a vehicle fire east of Iowa City Thursday morning. The West Branch Fire Department says just after 6:15 a.m. crews were paged to the intersection of Highway 6 and Vincent Avenue…near...Read More

More details released in Coralville murder case

Lang 3/27/26 More details have been released in a Coralville murder case. 47-year-old James Martin is accused of stabbing his wife, Amber Martin, to death at the couple’s Spring Rose Circle residence on January 16th. Previously released...Read More

Johnson County recommended minimum wage to increase to $13.37 per hour July 1, 2026

Lang 3/27/26 The Johnson County Board of Supervisors has voted to increase the county’s recommended minimum wage to $13.37 per hour, effective July 1st. The board used Consumer Price Index data to set the increase, which is...Read More

Iowa City man and Honduran national sentenced to 42 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation and possession of child pornography

City of Iowa City news release The following press release was published Thursday, March 26, 2026, by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa: An Iowa City man and Honduran national was sentenced...Read More

Iowa Avenue railroad bridge claims another truck

Lang 3/27/26 The Iowa Avenue railroad bridge has claimed another victim. Iowa City and University of Iowa Police responded to the bridge…located next to the English-Philosophy Building…just before 8:00 Thursday morning after a truck failed to make...Read More

National News

Judge refuses to dismiss charges against ex-Venezuelan President Maduro during court appearance

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, returned to a federal courtroom in Manhattan on Thursday as their high-profile criminal case in the United States continued to unfold. The pair, who were taken into...Read More

Savannah Guthrie speaks out on mother Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance in first televised interview

“TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie has opened up for the first time since her mother, Nancy Guthrie, vanished from her Tucson, Arizona home in the early hours of Feb. 1, sharing an emotional and deeply personal account of...Read More

Jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark social media addiction case

A Los Angeles jury has delivered a major verdict in the trial examining whether major tech platforms can be held accountable for childhood social media harm linked to their products. Jurors concluded that Meta and YouTube were...Read More