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Washington County Sheriff’s Office investigating racist fliers distributed in Kalona

Lang 3/29/26 The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is investigating racist flyers that were distributed in Kalona. Multiple callers to the Washington County dispatcher reported Friday morning that someone had put white supremacist pamphlets on Main Street, in...Read More

Multiple agencies respond to late Saturday night fire in Coralville

Lang 3/29/26 Multiple agencies responded to a fire along the Coralville Strip late Saturday night. Just before midnight, fire departments from Coralville, North Liberty and Iowa City and University of Iowa Police and the Johnson County Ambulance...Read More

I-80 lane reductions in Coralville start Monday, run through July

Lang 3/29/26 Interstate 80 through Coralville will see reduced lanes of travel starting on Monday. The Iowa Department of Transportation says a bridge deck overlay across the CRANDIC rail lines will reduce traffic to two lanes in...Read More

Coralville, Tiiffn firefighters respond to vehicle fire at local quarry

Lang 3/29/26 Firefighters from Coralville and Tiffin responded to a vehicle fire Thursday afternoon at a local quarry. The Tiffin Fire Department says crews responded to River Products Company on Deer Creek Rd SE just after 12:45...Read More

North Liberty man charged in connection with Ped Mall beating

Lang 3/29/26 Iowa City Police have arrested a North Liberty man they say was involved in a beating on the Ped Mall last month. 23-year-old Brady Dauber of Bobcat Place was booked into the Johnson County Jail...Read More

Quad Cities man arrested after allegedly yelling homophobic slurs while being removed from downtown Iowa City bar

Lang 3/29/26 Allegedly yelling homophobic slurs while being removed from a downtown Iowa City bar has led to the arrest of a Quad Cities man. Iowa City Police say they were on patrol near the intersection of...Read More

Iowa’s NCAA run ends in Elite Eight with loss to Illinois

UI Athletics news release HOUSTON, Texas – The ninth-seeded University of Iowa men’s basketball team fell to third-seeded Illinois, 71-59, on Saturday night at the Honda Center in the Elite Eight. The Hawkeyes finish the season 24-13 overall,...Read More

Schweighardt sinks Cincinnati with clutch time power-play goal, 4-3

Iowa Heartlanders news release Coralville, Iowa — Iowa Heartlanders defenseman T.J. Schweighardt scored a game-winning, 5-on-3 power-play goal with 1:03 left to crash the Cincinnati Cyclones, 4-3, Saturday at Xtream Arena. Each team scored twice in the third...Read More

Transient accused of hitting his fiancée with a pepper grinder

Lang 3/28/26 A local transient faces a felony charge after allegedly injuring his fiancée by hitting her with a pepper grinder. Coralville Police say 56-year-old Bryce Peterson was arguing with the woman at a residence on Spring...Read More

North Liberty man accused of assaulting his mother and vandalizing her car

Lang 3/28/26 A North Liberty man is accused of assaulting his own mother and vandalizing her car The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old James Duling of Early Moon Court was involved in a verbal argument with...Read More

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

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