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Convicted domestic abuser accused of fraudulently purchasing a firearm in Coralville

Lang 1/19/25 A convicted domestic abuser is accused of fraudulently purchasing a firearm in Coralville. Coralville Police say 33-year-old Mario Flores Alvarenga of 6th Street purchased a gun at Scheels on the night of December 30th. Flores...Read More

Registered sex offender faces probation violation after 16-year-old runaway reportedly found at his residence

Lang 1/19/25 A registered sex offender is back behind bars after a 16-year-old runaway was reportedly found at his Coralville residence. Coralville Police were called to the Coral Court apartment of 34-year-old Thomas Lindley last Monday to...Read More

More charges filed, third arrest made in Washington County child endangerment case

Lang 1/19/25 More charges have been filed and another arrest has been made in a Washington County child endangerment case. In December, Washington Police officers removed two toddlers and two older children from a residence at 615...Read More

Iowa City man accused of making death threat to UIHC staff

Lang 1/19/25 Allegedly making threats against a University of Iowa Health Care worker has led to the arrest of an Iowa City man. 45-year-old Joe Lewis Nunley of Bittersweet Court was booked into the Johnson County Jail...Read More

Owner of gun used in Clock Tower Ramp shooting given suspended sentence

Lang 1/19/25 The owner of the gun used in a shooting at the Clock Tower Parking ramp in downtown Iowa City has been given a suspended sentence. 25-year-old Narada Poole Jr. of West Des Moines entered a...Read More

Plea deal reached in case of Iowa City man accused of setting up fake social media accounts under UI Police detective’s name

Lang 1/19/25 A plea deal has been reached in the case of an Iowa City man accused of setting up social media accounts under a University of Iowa detective’s name in order to harass and intimidate him....Read More

Heartlanders’ McClellan stops 25, Knight Monsters win in shootout, 1-0

Iowa Heartlanders news release Heartlanders’ McClellan stops 25, Knight Monsters win in shootout, 1-0 Coralville, Iowa – The Iowa Heartlanders fell in the first 1-0 shootout game in team history to the Tahoe Knight Monsters Saturday at Xtream...Read More

Top-ranked UI women’s wrestlers dominate in home finale

UI Athletics news release Hawkeyes Dominate in Home Finale IOWA CITY, Iowa — The top-ranked University of Iowa women’s wrestling team dominated in its Carver-Hawkeye Arena season finale against Augustana College and No. 4 Grand Valley State University...Read More

Multiple agencies respond to fire near Kalona

Lang 1/18/25 Multiple fire departments were called to a blaze between Kalona and Wellman Friday morning. According to Washington County dispatch records, firefighters from Kalona, Wellman and Riverside responded to a call just before 7:00 at Hickory...Read More

Two Henry County men accused of beating, seriously injuring victim on the Ped Mall last month

Lang 1/18/25 Two Henry County residents are accused of beating a victim into unconsciousness on the Ped Mall last month. 22-year-old Ryan Maschmann and 21-year-old Landan Provino…who both live in Wayland…were booked into the Johnson County Jail...Read More

NCAA adds women’s wrestling as its 91st and latest championship sport

AP/Lang 1/18/25 The NCAA added women’s wrestling as a sport Friday, bringing its total number of championships to 91. The sanctioning body approved the addition at the annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Women’s wrestling had been under...Read More

KWWL parent company scrapping local meteorologists in favor of The Weather Channel

Lang 1/17/25 The parent company of KWWL Channel 7 is laying off the local television meteorologists at its 36 stations nationwide in favor of using forecasters from the Atlanta-based Weather Channel, which it also owns. The move...Read More

Real estate company plans Tiny Home community in Iowa City

Lang 1/18/25 A local real estate company is planning to build a Tiny Home community in Iowa City. The Johnson Team from Skogman Realty has announced the future addition of Tiny Homes to the Sycamore Woods development,...Read More

National News

Gov. Ron DeSantis picks Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace Marco Rubio in Senate

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that he has appointed Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S Senat,, whom President-elect Donald Trump tapped to be secretary of state. DeSantis told reporters that...Read More

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration

Per her spokesperson, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, January 20th. ABC News first reported the news, with Pelosi’s spokesperson not providing a reason for her planned absence from...Read More

President Biden delivers farewell address to the nation

President Biden delivered his farewell address to the nation on Wednesday, five days before he passes the mantle of the presidency to his predecessor and his successor, President-elect Donald Trump. Speaking from behind the Resolute Desk in...Read More