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Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning

Iowa DNR news release The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Iowa River Unit in Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Linn and...Read More

Drunk driving suspect captured after stopping to fix his tire

Lang 3/2/26 A drunk driving suspect was arrested by Iowa City Police after stopping to fix his tire. That’s according to arrest records, which indicate officers were called to a crash at the intersection of Muscatine Avenue...Read More

3rd person charged after early Sunday morning fight at Iowa City nightclub

Lang 3/2/26 A third person has been charged in connection with an early Sunday morning fight at an Iowa City nightclub. Iowa City Police were called to La Rumba on Lower Muscatine Road just after 1:45 a.m....Read More

Iowa City man accused of reporting his car stolen after his son used it to elude police

Lang 3/2/26 Allegedly reporting his car as stolen despite knowing his son used it to elude police has led to a felony charge against an Iowa City man. 75-year-old Karim Musa of Aber Avenue was booked into...Read More

Johnson County Master Gardeners to host expert speakers at free event later this month

Lang 3/2/26 Gardeners and anyone looking to expand their knowledge about healthy ecosystems are invited to attend a Community Speakers Series hosted by the Johnson County Master Gardeners and Hills Bank. The three presentations will focus on...Read More

Coralville woman accused of defiantly violating no contact order last year

Lang 3/2/26 Iowa City Police are accusing a Coralville woman of defiantly violating a no contact order last year. According to arrest records, just after noon on September 3rd 39-year-old Crystal Porter of Holiday Road boarded a...Read More

IMU dining area to close next week for renovations

Lang 3/2/26 A popular dining area inside the Iowa Memorial Union will close next week as part of a major change to dining options at the University of Iowa facility. The Union Station is scheduled to close...Read More

#9 Hawkeyes roll past Wisconsin, earn #2 seed in Big Ten Tournament

UI Athletics news release MADISON, Wis. – No. 9 Iowa (24-5, 15-3) defeated Wisconsin (13-16, 5-13) inside the Kohl Center on Sunday afternoon, 81-52. Four Hawkeyes scored in double-digits on the day. Sophomore Ava Heiden led the pack with a...Read More

Iowa loses close one with #19 Oregon State, 4-3

UI Athletics news release FRISCO, Texas – The University of Iowa baseball team came up just short against No. 19 Oregon State, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at Riders Field in the Frisco College Baseball Classic. “The story today...Read More

Iowa takes 45 shots but Gylander stops them all for 3-0 Toledo win

Iowa Heartlanders news release Toledo, OH — The Iowa Heartlanders took 20 shots in the third period and 45 in the game, but Toledo Walleye goaltender Carter Gylander saved them all for his second shutout of the season...Read More

Maquoketa man arrested as part of Iowa City assault investigation

Lang 3/1/26 A Jackson County man has been taken into custody as part of an investigation into an assault in downtown Iowa City last month. Iowa City Police say just after 1:15 on the morning of February...Read More

Iowa City man accused of threatening woman with a fork

Lang 3/1/26 Allegedly threatening a woman with a fork has led to an Iowa City man’s arrest. Iowa City Police say just before 6:45 Saturday night 18-year-old Olvin Funez Garcia of Sycamore Street was in a verbal...Read More

2 arrested after early Sunday morning fight at Iowa City nightclub

Lang 3/1/26 Two people have been arrested after an early Sunday morning fight at an Iowa City nightclub. Iowa City Police were called to La Rumba on Lower Muscatine Road just after 1:45 a.m. after staff advised...Read More

National News

Suspect identified in Austin bar shooting that left 2 dead, 14 injured; probe into terrorism continues

Investigators have identified the man accused of opening fire outside a busy downtown Austin bar early Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 14 others, in an attack now under federal review for possible terrorism links....Read More

Trump warns of more U.S. casualties after 3 service members are killed, five injured in the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran

Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously injured during ongoing military operations against Iran, according to U.S. Central Command. In a statement posted Sunday, CENTCOM said: “As of 9:30 am ET, March 1,...Read More

Hillary Clinton says she has ‘no new information’ on Epstein in testimony before House Oversight Committee

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told members of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday that she has no firsthand or new information about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Epstein died...Read More