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Coralville man charged after failing to comply with sex offender requirements

Hunter 03/23/26 A Coralville man was arrested over the weekend on a warrant stemming from a sex offender violation. According to court documents, 47-year-old Anthony Watson is required to register with the Iowa Sex Offender Registry due...Read More

Iowa City man charged with witness tampering via social media

Hunter 03/23/26 An Iowa City man was taken into custody after he allegedly tampered with a person involved in a no-contact order. According to court documents, 32-year-old Valentino Jackson of Wayne Avenue posted a story to his...Read More

West Burlington man charged with harassment after allegedly threatening to kill victim

Hunter 03/23/26 A West Burlington man was arrested Saturday night after an altercation with a woman in downtown Iowa City. 25-year-old Taruis Robinson of East Pennington Street was allegedly witnessed by bystanders at approximately 11:50pm on the...Read More

Voting rights advocates say SAVE act costly and unnecessary

Hunter 03/23/26 Voting rights advocates and local election officials say the voting overhaul measure being debated in our nation’s capital would cause major financial and procedural headaches for underfunded state and local election officials. Iowa Capitol Dispatch...Read More

Hawkeye men upset defending national champion Gators, reach 1st Sweet 16 since 1999

UI Athletics news release TAMPA, Fla. – The ninth-seeded University of Iowa men’s basketball team defeated top-seeded Florida, 73-72, on Sunday night at Benchmark International Arena to advance to the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance since 1999. Junior Alvaro...Read More

Heartlanders blitz Bloomington in third for 6-4 win

Iowa Heartlanders news release Bloomington, IL — The Iowa Heartlanders scored three unanswered in the third, including two goals in the final six minutes, to come from behind and stampede the Bloomington Bison, 6-4, Sunday at Grossinger Motors...Read More

Parking information for Monday’s Hawkeye women’s basketball game

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Athletics department announced parking adjustments for Monday’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round game against Virginia scheduled for 1 p.m (CT) in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. ADA PARKING OPTIONS...Read More

New Cancer Registry report projects rise in deaths this year

Hunter 03/22/26 The Iowa Cancer Registry’s 2026 report projects 100 more residents will die from the disease this year compared to last year. The Daily Iowan reports an estimated 21,700 new cancers will be diagnosed among Iowans,...Read More

Judge sharply criticizes federal officials for handling of immigration detention case in Iowa

Hunter 03/22/26 An Iowa judge has criticized federal officials for refusing to release an immigrant from the Muscatine County Jail without a court order. Iowa Capitol Dispatch reports US District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger tols the US...Read More

Iowa City man faces assault charge from incident in January

Hunter 03/22/26 An Iowa City man faces possible jail time after allegedly assaulting a man earlier this year. The incident allegedly occurred at a Keokuk Street apartment at around 9:30pm January 4th. According to the police report,...Read More

Elizabeth Warren backs Wahls for US Senate spot

Hunter 03/22/26 State Senator Zach Wahls has received a powerful endorsement in his bid for the US Senate. The Gazette reports Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has endorsed Wahls in the state Democratic primary, adding a prominent...Read More

Excessive speeding leads to OWI arrest of Louisiana man

Hunter 03/22/26 A Louisiana man who allegedly was speeding excessively while heading northbound on I380 faces an OWI charge. At approximately 1:40am Sunday, 35-year-old Newtrell Brown of New Orleans was clocked going 95 miles per hour in...Read More

Iowa women’s basketball advances in NCAA Tournament with 58-48 win over FDU

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa – 2-seed Iowa (27-6) defeated 15-seed FDU (30-5) in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament in Iowa City, 58-48. Jan Jensen picked up her 50th career win as head coach of the...Read More

National News

Pres. Trump plans ICE deployment to assist TSA at airports amid DHS funding standoff

President Trump said over the weekend that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will be sent to U.S. airports starting Monday to help ease mounting delays, as staffing shortages continue during an ongoing funding dispute over the Department...Read More

Beloved NHL Reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children killed in Minnesota house fire

The hockey community is mourning the tragic loss of beloved NHL reporter Jessi Pierce, who died alongside her three young children in a house fire in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Emergency crews responded early Saturday morning after...Read More

Nomination of Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Sec’y of Homeland Security advances after narrow committee vote

Sen. Markwayne Mullin is one step nearer to becoming the next head of the Department of Homeland Security after the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee narrowly approved his nomination on Thursday. The panel voted 8–7...Read More