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Despite several changes in design, proposed new NL Police station remains over budget

Despite several changes in design, proposed new NL Police station remains over budget KCJJ Staff 12/10/18 Even after making several revisions to project plans, a North Liberty city official says plans for a new police station remain...Read More

NL man accused of intentionally crashing into cop car back in custody for violation of release conditions

NL man accused of intentionally crashing into cop car back in custody for violation of release conditions KCJJ Staff 12/09/18 A North Liberty man accused of damaging a police patrol car during a high-speed chase has been...Read More

Bond reduced for man accused of kidnapping stranger to deliver drugs

Bond reduced for man accused of kidnapping stranger to deliver drugs KCJJ Staff 12/10/18 A judge has reduced by more than half the bond for a Coralville man accused of kidnapping a man and forcing him to...Read More

NL officials to teach youth life skills in new Youth Impact Initiative

NL officials to teach youth life skills in new Youth Impact Initiative KCJJ Staff 12/09/18 City officials in North Liberty want to give local youngsters some key life skills, especially for those who have to watch over...Read More

Coralville and North Liberty fire departments to sign automatic aid agreement

Coralville and North Liberty fire departments to sign automatic aid agreement KCJJ Staff 12/09/18 Two cities in the metro are creating an agreement for a stronger relationship between their fire departments. The Coralville city council on Tuesday...Read More

State commission to vote on Iowa City’s application for deer management program

State commission to vote on Iowa City’s application for deer management program KCJJ Staff 12/09/18 A state board is scheduled to vote this week on Iowa City’s request to use sharpshooters to manage the local deer population....Read More

AP reporter accused of driving drunk with kids in vehicle

AP reporter accused of driving drunk with kids in vehicle KCJJ Staff 12/08/18 A reporter for the Associated Press has been accused of driving drunk with his two young children in his vehicle. An Iowa City Police...Read More

IC man faces robbery charge

IC man faces robbery charge Lang 12/8/18 An Iowa City man faces a robbery charge after an incident Friday night on Iowa City’s southeast side. Online records show police were called to Acapulco Mexican Bakery on Keokuk...Read More

World News

President Trump Says Chief Of Staff General Kelly Will Leave At End Of Year

Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly is leaving the White House as President Trump’s chief of staff, the president told reporters on Saturday. Kelly became chief of staff in July 2017 after initially serving as Trump’s Homeland Security...Read More

Italian Police Investigating Deadly Stampede At Disco Find Pepper Spray Can

On Sunday, Italian police investigating a deadly disco stampede said they found a pepper spray can, and were questioning dozens of witnesses following accounts by concertgoers that a teenage boy had sprayed an irritating substance, triggering the...Read More

Kiss Frontman Paul Stanley To Release New Book “Backstage Pass” Next Year

KISS frontman Paul Stanley will be releasing his autobiography Backstage Pass on April 30, 2019. This is the follow up to Stanley’s best selling autobiography Face The Music: A Life Exposed, which was released back in 2014. According...Read More

One Killed, 5 Missing After US Marine Corps Planes Collide Off Japan Coast

According to Japan’s Ministry of Defense and the US Marine Corps., rescuers are searching for crew members aboard two US Marine planes that collided mid-air off the coast of Japan in the early hours of Thursday morning....Read More

Six Detroit-Area Doctors Charged In $500M Opioid Scheme

On Thursday, six doctors were charged in an unsealed indictment with cheating Medicare and Medicaid out of almost $500 million, in addition to fueling the nation’s opioid epidemic by illegally prescribing more than 13 million doses of...Read More

Special Counsel Mueller Recommends No Jail Time For Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn

A filing by special counsel Robert Mueller says that President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, provided so much information to the special counsel’s Russia investigation that prosecutors say he shouldn’t do any prison time....Read More