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UI Public Safety receives report of sexual assault on campus

Lang 2/12/26 The University of Iowa Department of Public Safety has received a report of a sexual assault on campus. A Thursday post on the UIDPS web site indicates UI Police received a report of sexual assault...Read More

Iowa City woman accused of assaulting police officer after being kicked off bus

Lang 2/12/26 An Iowa City woman is accused of assaulting a police officer after she was kicked off a bus. Iowa City Police say 25-year-old Ben’Yana Harper of the Town & Campus Apartments on Arthur Street was...Read More

Attorney General asks Coralville to remove ICE restrictions from Flock cameras

Lang 2/12/26 Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has sent a letter to Coralville officials requesting the city drop its restrictions on allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to access its Flock cameras. The cameras alert law enforcement when...Read More

3 UI baseball players earn preseason honors

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa — Three University of Iowa baseball players — sophomore Tyler Guerin and seniors Gable Mitchell and Caleb Wulf — have been named to the Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch list, the conference announced Wednesday. Last season,...Read More

Second arrest made in connection with 2024 Burlington Street death investigation

Lang 2/12/26 A second arrest has been made in connection with a 2024 Iowa City death investigation. Iowa City Police say the death occurred at the Burlington Street apartment of 26-year-old Tiger Pearson, who is now charged...Read More

Iowa City WET shelter masturbator back behind bars

Lang 2/12/26 A transient who masturbated publicly for hours inside the Iowa City WET shelter is back behind bars. 29-year-old Rodney Gary was booked into the Johnson County Jail Tuesday morning. Iowa City Police say Gary masturbated...Read More

Iowa starts homestand with defeat vs. Wings

Iowa Heartlanders news release Coralville, Iowa — The Iowa Heartlanders received goals from Anthony Firriolo, Ryan McGuire and Mike Koster in a 7-3 defeat to the Kalamazoo Wings Wednesday at Xtream Arena. Jayden Lee, Andre Ghantous and Colin...Read More

#15 Iowa women defeat #25 Washington 65-56

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa – No. 15 Iowa (19-5, 10-3) defeated No. 25 Washington (18-7, 8-6) inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Wednesday night, 65-56. Sophomore Chit-Chat Wright led scoring on the day for Iowa. Wright had...Read More

Iowa men’s basketball ends 6-game winning streak at Maryland 77-70

UI Athletics news release COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team fell to Maryland, 77-70, on Wednesday night at the XFINITY Center, ending its six-game win streak. The Hawkeyes moved to 18-6 on the...Read More

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Bill would allow denial of educator licenses over posts ‘celebrating’ Kirk death

By:Robin Opsahl–February 11, 2026 A bill that proposes revoking or denying educator licenses and certificates for people found “publicly celebrating” politically motivated violence — including the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk — moved forward Wednesday despite...Read More

IGHSAU rankings for 2/11/26

2026 TENTH Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Wednesday, February 4, 2026 FINAL RANKINGS FOR CLASSES 1A, 2A, 3A Class 1A School Record Last Week...Read More

Suspects in Iowa City robbery case to receive separate trials

Lang 2/11/26 Two Iowa City robbery suspects from Cedar Rapids will face separate trials. That was the ruling handed down by Judge Lars Anderson earlier this week in the cases of 21-year-old Andrue Cunningham of 4th Avenue...Read More

Area legislator proposes bill to lure Chicago Bears to Iowa

Hunter 02/11/26 A proposal was introduced in the Iowa Senate Tuesday to expand economic development funds with the end goal of luring the Chicago Bears franchise to Iowa. KCRG TV reports Republican Kerry Gruenhagen of Walcott said...Read More

National News

AG Pam Bondi clashes with Democrats in testimony before House Judiciary Committee over Epstein files

Attorney General Pam Bondi came under sharp fire during a tense House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, as lawmakers pressed her over the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and accusations that the agency has targeted...Read More

Teen suspect identified in shooting at Canadian school and home that killed nine, injured dozens

A shooting at a high school followed by a related incident at a nearby home left at least nine people dead and dozens injured Tuesday afternoon in Tumbler Ridge, a small community in northeastern British Columbia, according...Read More

Person detained is released after FBI share new photos, footage of subject in search for Nancy Guthrie

Authorities in Pima County, working alongside the FBI, briefly took an individual into custody and later released them after questioning related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, according to...Read More