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Missing Coralville juvenile found safe

Lang 3/6/26 A Coralville teen who was reported missing earlier this week has been found safe. That’s according to a news release from Coralville Police. 16-year-old Jaxx D. Redmond had last been seen the evening of Saturday,...Read More

Alleged drug user accused of purchasing multiple weapons from Coralville Scheels

Lang 3/6/26 An alleged drug user is accused of illegally purchasing three firearms from the Coralville Scheels. 22-year-old Mohamed Ali of Iowa City allegedly bought a Radical Firearms RF-15 .223 rifle on July 13th, 2024; a Sig...Read More

Spring right-of-way tree plantings coming to far west side of Iowa City

City of Iowa City news release During the spring, the City of Iowa City’s Parks and Forestry staff will begin planting trees in the rights-of-way throughout the far west side of Iowa City. A map of the...Read More

Transient accused of assault at Iowa City’s WET shelter

Lang 3/6/26 A transient faces an assault charge after an incident last month at the Iowa City Winter Extreme Temperature, or WET, shelter. According to arrest records, 45-year-old Charles Smith was staying at the Southgate Avenue facility...Read More

Local transient accused of assaulting protected party in no-contact order

Lang 3/5/26 A local transient faces a felony charge after allegedly assaulting the protected party in a no-contact order against him. 33-year-old Dwight Davis was booked into the Johnson County Jail at 2:00 Tuesday morning. Iowa City...Read More

Gov. Reynolds orders flags flown at half-staff in honor and remembrance of two Iowa soldiers killed in Kuwait

News release from the Office of the Governor DES MOINES — Governor Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff effective immediately until sunset on the final day of interment in honor and remembrance of Major Jeffery O’Brien, 45, of Waukee, Iowa and Sgt. Declan Coady, 20,...Read More

UI student pleads guilty to charges they flipped over Turning Point USA display table

Lang 3/5/26 A University of Iowa student has pleaded guilty to charges that they flipped over a table belonging to a conservative group on campus. Court records show 19-year-old Niko Calhoon pleaded guilty to charges of Disorderly...Read More

Tiffin man pleads guilty to charges he stole and resold equipment while under contract with UIHC

Lang 3/5/26 A construction worker who helped build University of Iowa Health Care’s new North Liberty facility has pleaded guilty to charges he stole equipment while under contract and resold it for profit. Court records show 56-year-old...Read More

Major with ties to Coralville identified as second Iowa soldier killed in Iranian attack

Lang 3/5/26 A soldier with ties to Coralville was identified Wednesday as the second Iowan who was among six U.S. military members killed in an Iranian strike on a facility in Kuwait. The U.S. Defense Department identified...Read More

2 Iowa City women injured in southern Iowa car crash

Lang 3/4/26 A car crash in southern Iowa has injured a pair of Johnson County women. The Iowa State Patrol says 20-year-old Ryleigh Rawls of Iowa City was driving a 2014 Chevy Cruz southbound on Interstate 35...Read More

Update means new registration cards needed for prescribed Iowa THC users

Lang 3/5/36 Iowans with medical THC licenses will need to carry new cards being issued by the state. License holders should check for an email sent out this week which notifies them that due to a system...Read More

Hawkeyes down DuHawks 10-0

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa baseball team defeated Loras, 10-0, in seven innings on Wednesday evening at Duane Banks Field. Iowa broke open the game with four runs in the second...Read More

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza detected in a multi-species backyard flock in Washington County

Iowa Department of Agriculture news release DES MOINES, Iowa (Mar. 3, 2026) – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case...Read More

National News

Suspect in custody after multi-state manhunt linked to deaths of three women in Utah

Authorities have taken a suspect into custody following the discovery of three women killed in rural Utah, ending a search that stretched across several states. The investigation began Wednesday afternoon when authorities received reports that two women...Read More

Pres. Trump replacing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem with Sen. Markwayne Mullin

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Kristi Noem will step down as head of the Department of Homeland Security later this month, with Markwayne Mullin set to take over the role. In a message posted on Truth...Read More

U.S. submarine torpedoes Iranian warship in Indian Ocean; Pentagon expands military campaign

A U.S. Navy attack submarine torpedoed and destroyed an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean this week, marking the first time since World War II that an American submarine has sunk an enemy combat vessel, according to...Read More