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Gustafson named Big Ten Pre-Season POTY; Iowa picked to finish 2nd in conference

Gustafson named Big Ten Pre-Season POTY; Iowa picked to finish 2nd in conference UI News Release 10/22/18 University of Iowa senior Megan Gustafson was named the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, and junior Kathleen Doyle earned Preseason All-Big Ten...Read More

ICPD issues first Park Road Bridge trespassing citations

ICPD issues first Park Road Bridge trespassing citations Lang 10/22/18 Iowa City Police promised to crack down on trespassers walking and skateboarding along the arches on the new Park Road Bridge, and this weekend they issued their...Read More

New trial date set for IC man accused of killing father

New trial date set for IC man accused of killing father KCJJ Staff 10/21/18 A new trial date has been set for an Iowa City man accused of murdering his father. Court records show Judge Kevin McKeever...Read More

Colorado woman convicted in Iowa County shooting to be sentenced on Monday

Colorado woman convicted in Iowa County shooting to be sentenced on Monday KCJJ Staff 10/21/18 A woman convicted in an Iowa County shooting is set to be sentenced on Monday. Mariana Lesnic, 44, of Colorado, was convicted...Read More

CR man receives credit for time served in pair of IC sexual assaults

CR man receives credit for time served in pair of IC sexual assaults KCJJ Staff 10/21/18 A Cedar Rapids man accused in two Iowa City sexual assaults will avoid spending anymore time in jail under a plea...Read More

Trial delayed for man accused in April sexual assault on Iowa Avenue

Trial delayed for man accused in April sexual assault on Iowa Avenue KCJJ Staff 10/21/18 Trial has been delayed for a University of Iowa student accused of sexually assaulting a woman in April. A judge last week...Read More

ICCSD board to take vote on new voluntary transfer rules this week

ICCSD board to take vote on new voluntary transfer rules this week KCJJ Staff 10/18/18 A vote on the first of what’s likely to be multiple moves to change the demographics of the elementary schools in the...Read More

Stealing ID to give to minor as a fake leads to woman’s arrest

Stealing ID to give to minor as a fake leads to woman’s arrest KCJJ Staff 10/20/18 Police have taken a Muscatine woman into custody on accusations she stole someone’s ID so she could give it to a...Read More

World News

Six Shot Near Jacksonville Jaguars Stadium Before NFL Game; 3 Reported In Critical Condition

Six people were wounded, three critically, in a possible gang-related shooting blocks from the Florida stadium where the NFL’s Houston Texans played and defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said several shots were...Read More

Hundreds Of Thousands March In London Demanding A Second Brexit Vote

People from across the U.K. gathered over the weekend in London to take part in a public protest over Brexit. The march, which organizers said drew more than 600,000 to west London’s Park Lane, was called by...Read More

Search For Missing Wisconsin Teenager Jayme Closs Continues As FBI Asks For Help

On Thursday, authorities continued to search the area near the Wisconsin home where 13-year-old Jayme Closs vanished after her parents were murdered while she was inside, prompting a massive search that entered its fourth day yesterday. The...Read More

President Trump Threatens To Send Military To Shut Border Over Caravan Of Central Americans Migrants

On Thursday, President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military and close the southern U.S. border. This coming as more Hondurans and Salvadorans joined thousands of migrants in Guatemala headed north. Several thousand Honduran migrants traveled this...Read More

Medal Of Honor Presented To Sgt. Major (Ret.) John Canley By President Trump At White House

On Wednesday, Retired Marine Sgt. Maj. John Canley of California –a Vietnam War veteran who saved 20 fellow Marines despite being wounded several times during an intense seven-day battle in 1968 — was awarded the Congressional Medal...Read More

Canada Becomes Second Country To Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Canada has become the second country after Uruguay to legalize possession and use of recreational cannabis. Medical marijuana has been legal in the country since 2001. At least 111 legal pot shops are planning to open across...Read More