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#23 Iowa to face #14 Vanderbilt in the Reliaquest Bowl

UI Athletics news release IOWA CITY, Iowa — The 23rd-ranked University of Iowa football team will face No. 14 Vanderbilt in the 2025 Reliaquest Bowl on Dec. 31, in Tampa, Florida. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. (CT)...Read More

2 arrested after Shueyville bar fight

Lang 12/7/25 Even a snowstorm didn’t stop a pair of men from getting arrested for a bar fight in Shueyville late Saturday night. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office was called to Shuey’s just after 11:00 Saturday night...Read More

Court Street Reconstruction Project update: December 2025

City of Iowa City news release With winter weather here, roadway paving is complete for the year on the Court Street Reconstruction Project. Work will continue on other aspects of the project with the goal of improving...Read More

Iowa City man arrested after allegedly crashing car into tree and running from police

Lang 12/7/25 Iowa City Police have arrested a suspect they say crashed his car into a tree, then ran away from responding officers. According to arrest records, an officer observed 33-year-old Napolian Johnson of Taylor Drive driving...Read More

Central Iowa woman could spend decades in prison after reported Washington County burglary

Lang 12/7/25 A Central Iowa woman could face decades in prison after a reported Washington County burglary Friday night. Washington County dispatch records indicate deputies were called to a residence on Lincoln Street in Ainsworth just after...Read More

New president of Iowa Board of Regents/former chair of The Family Leader says universities are too liberal, need more conservative voices

Lang 12/7/25 The new president of the Iowa Board of Regents and the former chair of the conservative Christian organization The Family Leader said universities have become too liberal .Robert Cramer made those comments during an event...Read More

Four Hawkeyes win Jim Koch Open championships

UI Athletics news release KENOSHA, Wis. – The University of Iowa wrestling program earned four titles and eight top-five finishes Saturday at the Jim Koch Wisconsin Open. Hawkeyes combined for 10 technical falls, six major decisions and four...Read More

Gov. Reynolds orders flags at half-staff Sunday in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

News release from the Office of the Governor DES MOINES– Governor Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, December 7, 2025, in honor of Pearl Harbor...Read More

Iowa women’s basketball dominates Rutgers in Big Ten opener

UI Athletics news release PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The nationally ranked University of Iowa women’s basketball team opened Big Ten play with a dominant 79-36 victory over Rutgers on Saturday evening at Jersey Mike’s Arena. Sophomore Ava Heiden...Read More

Iowa men’s basketball team earns first Big Ten win under McCollum

UI Athletics news release The University of Iowa men’s basketball team defeated Maryland, 83-64, on Saturday afternoon on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena in the Big Ten home opener. The Hawkeyes improve to 8-1 on the season...Read More

DNR, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office issue hunting reminders on opening day of shotgun deer season

Lang 12/6/25 The Department of Natural Resources and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office are reminding hunters about rules, regulations, and safety tips as shotgun deer season opens this weekend. Regarding proximity to houses: – Code requires that...Read More

Former UI Athletics IT director accused of trying to entice a minor given deferred judgment

Lang 12/6/25 A former IT director with the University of Iowa Athletics Department accused of sending pornographic images to and trying to entice sex with a person he believed to be a minor has been given a...Read More

Iowa City Federation of Labor to join Saturday Starbacks protest

Lang 12/5/25 Members of the Iowa City Federation of Labor say they’re joining striking Starbucks baristas for an Iowa City rally on Saturday. Both groups are calling on Starbucks to come to a fair contract with its...Read More

National News

Virginia man arrested, charged with planting pipe bombs left near RNC and DNC before Jan. 6

Federal authorities have arrested a Virginia man linked to the pipe bombs left outside the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters on the night of Jan. 5, 2021 — devices discovered the following afternoon as the Capitol...Read More

President Trump’s name added to United States Institute of Peace headquarters sign

President Donald Trump’s name has been added to the sign on the United States Institute of Peace headquarters in downtown D.C., above the existing building name. Workers early Wednesday affixed large silver letters reading “Donald J. Trump...Read More

Federal agents expand immigration operations to New Orleans, Minneapolis

Federal immigration authorities have launched a sweeping enforcement push in New Orleans and Minneapolis, broadening the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown in cities with policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration officials. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Wednesday...Read More