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Cedar Rapids man accused of having sexual contact with three underage girls

Hunter 11/26/22 A Cedar Rapids man has been arrested on charges of having sexual contact with three underage girls between 2014 and 2021. 30-year-old Silas Paul Griffin was arrested Wednesday on a warrant stemming from the incidents,...Read More

Organizers say CRANDIC marathon not returning

Hunter 11/26/22 The race director of Run CRANDIC, a marathon run between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, says the event won’t return in 2023. The Gazette says that Jim Dwyer, who is also president of Corridor Running...Read More

Coralville man faces drug charge after alleged public intox incident

Hunter 11/26/22 A Coralville man who reportedly tried to get into a residence that wasn’t his Thanksgiving evening now faces a possession charge. Police were called to Primrose Court in Iowa City at about 6:50pm on reports...Read More

Iowa City woman charged after allegedly driving drunk with kids in vehicle

Hunter 11/26/22 An Iowa City woman has been charged with OWI and two counts of child neglect after she allegedly drove while impaired. According to the police reports, 33-year-old Maria Aguirre-Penaloza of Waterfront Drive was stopped Friday...Read More

Basement fire displaces Cedar Rapids residents

Hunter 11/26/22 A Friday evening fire in a Cedar Rapids home has displaced five residents. In a release from the city’s Fire Department, dispatchers were called just before 5:30pm regarding a fire in the basement of the...Read More

Iowa City man accused of locking household member in their room and assaulting them

Hunter 11/25/22 An Iowa City man has been arrested on domestic abuse charges after allegedly locking a household member inside their room and physically assaulting him. Officers were called to the Lower Muscatine Road residence of 42-year-old...Read More

Fairfield man accused of assaulting former coworker

Hunter 11/25/22 A Fairfield man was arrested early Thursday morning after allegedly assaulting a man who he used to work with. Police say the incident occurred in the 700 block of Michael Street in Iowa City just...Read More

Iowa City Police asking for help in locating stolen Ped Mall sleigh

Hunter 11/24/22 Iowa City Police say that the sleigh displayed annually on the Ped Mall has been stolen. KCRG TV reports that it’s believed the sleigh was taken sometime between just before Midnight Friday and 1:15 am...Read More

Attempted murder trial for former UI student delayed

Hunter 11/24/22 The trial for a former University of Iowa student who allegedly choked a woman to unconsciousness and stole her $20,000 earrings last spring has been delayed. The Daily Iowan reports that 19-year-old Ali Younes originally...Read More

CommUnity’s Project Holiday returns for 35th year

Lang 11/24/22 Project Holiday is returning for its 35th season. Over the holiday season, the CommUnity Crisis Center Food Bank plans to provide nearly 1,500 local families with all the ingredients needed to make a traditional holiday...Read More

Transient accused of using fake gun in IC robbery

Lang 11/23/22 Iowa City Police say a transient used a fake gun to rob another man last week. According to arrest records, 23-year-old Jared Simmons entered an apartment on Wayne Avenue just after 7:15pm on November 16th,...Read More