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Veterans fight to keep Iowa City Municipal Airport jet memorial

Lang 4/5/26 A pair of local veterans is fighting to keep the current jet memorial in front of the Iowa City Municipal Airport. The F-86 Sabre was installed at the airport’s entrance on South Riverside Drive in...Read More

Iowa City woman accused of attacking Casey’s employee with a cooking pot

Lang 4/5/26 Iowa City Police have arrested a woman they say assaulted a Casey’s employee with cookware. 29-year-old Lana Rae Jensen Prestridge of the Breckenridge Estates manufactured housing community on Taft Avenue was booked into the Johnson...Read More

Sugar Bottom, West Overlook Day Use areas open for season at Coralville Lake

Lang 4/5/26 The Sugar Bottom and West Overlook Day Use areas are officially open for the season at Coralville Lake. Visitors can enjoy a game of disc golf, hold a picnic, hang out on the beach, or...Read More

Hawkeyes fall in extra innings to No. 18 Oregon

UI Athletics news release EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Iowa softball team dropped game two against No. 18 Oregon, 14-13, in eight innings on Saturday afternoon at Jane Sanders Stadium. HOW IT HAPPENED The Ducks struck first,...Read More

Iowa City woman accused of throwing ceramic cups at live-in partner, then assaulting officers

Lang 4/5/26 The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office reports an Iowa City woman threw ceramic cups at her live-in partner, then assaulted arriving deputies. According to arrest records, officers were dispatched to a residence in the Sunrise Village...Read More

Two people found dead in submerged vehicle near Montezuma

Lang 4/5/26 Two people have been found dead inside a submerged car found near Montezuma. The Poweshiek County Sheriff’s office says in a news release that at about 9:00 Saturday morning a vehicle was discovered in a...Read More

National Weather Service confirms Thursday tornado in Johnson County

Lang 4/4/26 The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has confirmed a tornado touched down in Johnson County during Thursday’s storms. The report, released Saturday night, indicates an EF-0 tornado touched down southeast of 480th Street...Read More

Walk-off home run leads Iowa over Minnesota

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa baseball team evened the series with Minnesota in dramatic fashion Saturday, closing the game with a walk-off home run from redshirt freshman Carter Geffre to post a 3–2...Read More

Iowa scores three unanswered and Koster wins it in OT, 3-2

Iowa Heartlanders news release Fort Wayne, IN — Iowa Heartlanders defenseman Mike Koster scored 24 seconds into overtime to complete a 3-2, come-from-behind win over the Fort Wayne Komets Saturday at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. On...Read More

Three suspects accused of breaking into Kinnick Stadium overnight

Lang 4/4/26 The University of Iowa’s football team’s open spring practice isn’t until April 25th, but that didn’t stop three Anamosa men from allegedly entering Kinnick Stadium overnight. UI Police say security cameras inside the facility show...Read More

Convicted sex offender accused of asking prostitutes to have sex with mentally handicapped boy now faces multiple sex offender registry violations

Lang 4/4/26 A convicted sex offender accused of asking two prostitutes to have sex with a mentally handicapped boy now faces multiple violations of Iowa’s sex offender registry. 71-year-old Kevin Lind of Hudson Avenue was convicted of...Read More

Suspect in Old Capitol Town Center assault given four-day jail sentence

Lang 4/4/26 The suspect in an assault with injury at the Old Capitol Town Center has been sentenced to less than 100 hours in jail. That was the sentence handed down last month by Judge Brandon Schrock...Read More

Firefighters called to blaze at Iowa City condominium

City of Iowa City news release The Iowa City Fire Department responded to a residential fire at 11:10 p.m., Friday, April 3, 2026, at 1041 Scott Park Drive. An occupant of the condominium unit reported a fire...Read More

National News

U.S. stock market swings sharply as Iran conflict fuels oil spike, inflation fears

The U.S. stock market was volatile on Thursday, sliding steeply at the start before trimming most of those losses by midday, though they remained slightly in the red. The S&P 500 dipped roughly 0.2% to near 6,560,...Read More

President Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi

President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, bringing an abrupt end to her contentious time leading the Justice Department as dissatisfaction with her performance intensified. In a Truth Social announcement, Trump confirmed the move, stating:...Read More

Supreme Court signals doubt as Trump pushes to restrict birthright citizenship

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared unconvinced by President Trump’s effort to restrict automatic citizenship at birth, raising serious questions during oral arguments over a case that could redefine who qualifies as an American. President Trump attended roughly...Read More