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Underage UI student charged with intoxication

Hunter 05/16/21 An underage University of Iowa student reportedly over-celebrated the end of the school year this weekend, as evidenced by her being found passed on out a bus stop bench. Officers came upon 19-year-old Marianna Wharff...Read More

Checking on jail inmate while reportedly intoxicated leads to arrest of Coralville woman

Hunter 05/16/21 A Coralville woman who went to the Johnson County Jail to check on an inmate ended up getting booked on OWI charges. Deputies say the incident occurred Saturday at approximately 2:45 am. 27-year-old Melanie Keplinger...Read More

Alleged reckless driver arrested after ramming patrol vehicle

Hunter 05/16/21 A Fort Madison man faces a host of charges after a Friday night incident that included him ramming a patrol car. 65-year-old Jonny McDonnell was called in as a reckless and intoxicated driver Friday night...Read More

Casey’s “pauses” use of armed security guard at Broadway Street store after complaints

Lang 5/15/21 Representatives from Casey’s General Stores say they’ve “paused” the use of an armed security guard at the company’s Broadway Street location in Iowa City. The move comes after numerous community complaints. The issue was raised...Read More

Northside IC coffee shop to close next weekend, new shop to open in its place in June

Lang 5/15/21 An Iowa City coffee shop will soon be gone, but not forgotten, as two of its former employees plan to open a new coffee shop in its place. Dash Coffee Roasters on the corner of...Read More

UI: Johnson County inching closer to 50% vaccination rate

Lang 5/15/21 Johnson County is inching closer to a 50% vaccination rate. That’s according to the latest data released Friday by the University of Iowa. According to the statistics, as of Friday morning 73,145 county residents had...Read More

UI reviewing new CDC guidelines for the fully vaccinated before adjusting its own COVID-19 safety precautions

Lang 5/15/21 University of Iowa officials are reviewing the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) interim public health recommendations for fully vaccinated people before making changes to its own COVID-19 safety precautions. In its Friday coronavirus update, the...Read More

Third Johnson County supervisor candidate added to race

Lang 5/15/21 A third candidate has joined the race for an open seat on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. Brian Campbell, who lives on Sand Road south of Iowa City, was able to collect enough signatures...Read More

World News

U.S. stocks rise in ‘buy the dip’ session after three days of losses

Wall Street bounced back from a three-day losing streak on Thursday powered by Big Tech companies and banks. The S&P 500 gained 1.2% after its loss from a day earlier, which was the biggest one-day drop since...Read More

CDC announces new guidelines: fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks indoors and outdoors

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday that people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, both indoors or outdoors in most circumstances. The CDC’s director,...Read More

CDC finds additional cases of blood clots linked to Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday that the agency has now identified 28 cases of blood clots with low platelets in people who received the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine....Read More

Colonial Pipeline begins to restart pipeline operations following cyberattack

Colonial Pipeline restarted operations on Wednesday, five days after a cyberattack on the company forced it to shut down the crucial fuel line that delivers nearly half the gasoline to the East Coast. The closure drained supplies...Read More

Former Pentagon chief to defend military response to Capitol riots

Former acting defense secretary Christopher Miller is expected to defend his decisions at a congressional hearing in response to the deadly attack on the US Capitol on January 6th, saying that sending in troops would have created...Read More

Prosecutors in Georgia to seek death penalty in Atlanta-area spa shootings which killed 8

On Tuesday, prosecutors in Georgia said they would seek the death penalty for the man accused of fatally shooting eight people at Atlanta-area spas, charging the suspect with committing hate crimes. 22-year-old Robert Aaron Long was indicted...Read More