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Nebraska man charged with OWI after alleged erratic driving

Hunter 12/01/24 A Nebraska man was taken into custody for operating his vehicle while intoxicated early Saturday morning. At around 12:30 am, 26-year-old Joseph Baker of Omaha was driving south on Clinton Street and turned west on...Read More

Cedar Rapids man charged with marijuana possession after altercation with police

Hunter 12/01/24 A Cedar Rapids man who was reportedly involved in an altercation with his brother in downtown Iowa City late Friday night was arrested after allegedly refusing to cooperate with police. According to court documents, officers...Read More

U of I student arrested after altercation with stadium security

Hunter 12/01/24 A University of Iowa student attending Friday’s football game never got in after allegedly refusing to cooperate with authorities and having fake ID’s on his person. The 19-year-old man was attempting to get into Kinnick...Read More

Ankeny man charged with domestic assault

Hunter 12/01/24 An Ankeny man was taken into custody over the weekend after an alleged assault on his live-in domestic partner. The incident occurred at around 1am Friday on the 1500 block of South Gilbert Street in...Read More

Driver killed in one-vehicle Washington County crash

Lang 11/30/24 A driver was killed in a one-vehicle crash in Washington County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 1999 Toyota Camry was eastbound on Highway 78 near Brighton just before 4:00 Saturday when it failed...Read More

Iowa sizzles with all-around effort for 3-1 win on Crispy Bacon Night

Iowa Heartlanders news release Iowa sizzles with all-around effort for 3-1 win on Crispy Bacon Night Coralville, Iowa – Iowa Heartlanders forward Ryan Miotto scored twice and Iowa posted a season-high 47 shots to sizzle past the...Read More

Johnson County Sheriff’s Office conducts cold water rescue on Coralville Lake

Lang 11/30/24 The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office conducted a cold water rescue early Saturday morning on Coralville Lake. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, just after 6:30 a.m. an 18-year-old male and a 17-year-old...Read More

North Liberty man charged with endangerment after autistic child found outside without coat

Hunter 11/03/24 A North Liberty man was arrested Friday afternoon after he reportedly left his two sleeping children to take their mother to work, and one was found wandering outside without a coat on. Police were called...Read More

Marion man accused of pushing man down stairs at Kinnick Stadium

Hunter 11/30/24 A Marion man was taken into custody during Friday night’s Hawkeye football game after he allegedly assaulted another man. According to the police report, the incident occurred at 8:10pm. 50-year-old Brian Faulkner of Sterling Heights...Read More

Johnson County land among proposed protection area for threatened bumblebee

Hunter 11/30/24 A proposal to protect the endangered rusty patched bumblebee by designating 1.6 million acres across six states includes a large part of Johnson County. The Gazette reports the proposed protected land is mostly on private...Read More

Casino attendance and revenue drops in Iowa

Hunter 11/30/24 After peaking in fiscal year 2022, revenue at Iowa’s casinos has dropped slightly for the second straight year. The Iowa Legislative Services Agency, a non-partisan entity, says that statewide casino revenue was $1.72 billion in...Read More

Iowa comes back from down double-digits, keeps Heroes Trophy in 13-10 win over Nebraska

Lang 11/29/24 The University of Iowa football team overcame a brutal first half on offense to keep the Heroes Trophy in a 13-10 back-and-forth win over Nebraska Friday night at Kinnick Stadium. Nebraska scored the only points...Read More

Gov. Reynolds appoints UI grad as District Judge 

Lang 11/29/24 Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced her appointment of a University of Iowa graduate as a district judge in Judicial District 8A. Dustin Hite is the mayor of New Sharon. He’s also a partner at Heslinga...Read More

National News

Biden hopes President-elect Trump ‘rethinks’ proposed tariffs against Canada and Mexico

Biden told reporters on Thursday that he hopes President-elect Donald Trump “rethinks” his Day 1 proposal to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, calling it a “counterproductive thing to do.” Biden said that Trump’s proposed 25% tariff...Read More

21 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for disrupting Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade

The NYPD arrested 21 pro-Palestinian protesters who briefly blocked the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade route Thursday morning, occurring shortly before 9:30 a.m. EST. The annual parade started at 8:30 a.m. in the upper west side of Manhattan...Read More

President Biden announces ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah

President Biden announced Tuesday that that United States assisted in securing a ceasefire deal. Israel has agreed to the ceasefire deal with Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah that would end nearly 14 months of fighting. Under the deal,...Read More