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Area convenience store to round to nearest nickel due to penny shortage

Hunter 12/13/25 A chain of convenience stores based in Iowa is the latest company that will round cash transactions down to the nearest nickel when customers don’t have exact change. The Des Moines Register reports Casey’s made...Read More

Iowa City man reportedly had crack and marijuana during traffic stop

Hunter 12/13/25 An Iowa City man was arrested earlier this week after a traffic stop found him with illegal substances. According to the police report, 46-year-old Leon Watley of Yewell Street was a passenger in a vehicle...Read More

Iowa City man arrested after search warrant of premises

Hunter 12/13/25 An Iowa City man was arrested after officers executed a search warrant at his residence and found a large quantity of marijuana. The Shamrock Place premises of 30-year-old Lavell Barnes was searched Wednesday shortly after...Read More

Riverside man arrested on 3rd OWI after leaving IC bar

Hunter 12/13/25 A Riverside man was charged with his third OWI after allegedly making an improper turn upon leaving an Iowa City bar. An Iowa City police officer was conducting traffic enforcement near the Job Site bar...Read More

Coralville woman arrested after multiple liquor thefts

Hunter 12/13/25 A Coralville woman was taken into custody this week on theft warrants this fall. Police say 52-year-old Keelie Greene of Holiday Road committed three separate thefts at the North Liberty Fareway grocery store. The first...Read More

Iowa City woman accused of going on shopping spree with found credit cards

Hunter 12/13/25 An Iowa City woman was arrested on a warrant stemming from an alleged use of credit cards she found earlier this year. According to court records, 44-year-old Sylvia Tribble of South Van Buren Street was...Read More

Initial concept of new Burlington Street Bridge gets OK from City Council

Hunter 12/13/25 Iowa City’s City Council has approved an initial plan for a new Burlington Street bridge and adjoining infrastructure updates. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports the design concept calls for the development of a singular beam...Read More

Iowa City nonprofit says third party payment platform has failed to transfer funds

Hunter 12/12/25 Non-profit group Iowa City Foreign Relations Council says their third-party payment platform has failed to transfer funds amounting to about $6500. KCRG TV reports the organization is among multiple nonprofits nationwide affected by problems with...Read More

Coralville company gets state funding to advance nitrate removal from water

Hunter 12/12/25 A Coralville company recently received a loan form the Iowa Economic Development Authority to advance their mission of affordably removing nitrates from water. The company, Pani Clean, was started 10 years ago by CEO and...Read More

Coralville based tech firm to lay off workers across state

Hunter 12/12/25 A Coralville-based tech firm is poised to lay off 4.7% of its workforce. KCRG TV reports Integrated DNA Technologies collaborates extensively with global health and scientific partners, aiming to facilitate widespread genomics breakthroughs. The timing...Read More

Wellman man accused of trying to entice a minor in Iowa City reaches plea deal

Lang 12/12/25 A Wellman man accused of trying to entice a minor for sex acts has reached a plea deal. Iowa City Police say between October of 2024 and March of 2025 37-year-old Nelson Overholt of Circle...Read More

Scammers posing as police target Muscatine County residents

Lang 12/11/25 Scammers are targeting Muscatine County residents…and the likely method they’re using could make Johnson County a future target. A post on the Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page indicates a male described as having an...Read More

#1 Hawkeyes take down Grand View

UI Athletics news release WAUKEE, Iowa — The top-ranked University of Iowa women’s wrestling team defeated NAIA No. 2 Grand View, 32-10, at Waukee Northwest High School on Thursday evening. #1 IOWA VS. Grand View Starting things off...Read More

National News

TIME magazine names the “Architects of AI” as their 2025 Person of the Year

TIME mgazine on Thursday named the ‘Architects of Artificial Intelligence” as the 2025 Person of the Year, with the magazine citing 2025 as when the potential of artificial intelligence “roared into view” with no turning back. Time is highlighting...Read More

Federal Judge orders ‘immediate’ release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody

A federal judge has ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported earlier this year and has since been held in immigration detention, finding that the Trump administration has held him...Read More

Trump administration blocked from deploying California National Guard in Los Angeles

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to relinquish control of California National Guard troops deployed in Los Angeles, ruling that the federalization of the state’s Guard units violated longstanding limits on presidential power. Senior U.S....Read More