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CR Police investigate Sunday morning shooting

Hunter 07/12/20 Cedar Rapids Police say they are looking for a man believed to have shot a woman during a domestic incident Sunday morning. A release from Public Safety Communications Coordinator Greg Buelow says that officers responded...Read More

ICPD receives multiple reports of broken car windows

Lang 7/12/20 Iowa City Police received a number of calls about broken car windows Saturday morning. The online activity log shows 15 calls about broken car windows on Dover Street, Fairchild Street, Pepper Drive, North Lucas Street,...Read More

Transient who repeatedly shot ICPD officer in the face with a BB gun given suspended sentence

Lang 7/12/20 A transient who injured an Iowa City police officer with BB gun fire last year has been given a suspended sentence. Judge Paul Miller accepted a plea deal on Thursday in the case of 25-year-old...Read More

Oxford woman arrested in UIHC assault

Lang 7/12/20 A patient at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics faces charges that she assaulted someone else at the facility last month. 30-year-old Alissa Walls of the Parkview manufactured housing community in Oxford was booked...Read More

IC man charged with leading police on third chase in as many months

Lang 7/12/20 It’s three police chases in three months for an Iowa City man, with the latest coming early Sunday morning. According to arrest records, Iowa City Police noticed 36-year-old Solomon Xayabath leaving the Bon Aire manufactured...Read More

CRPD investigating Saturday afternoon shooting

Lang 7/11/20 Cedar Rapids Police are investigating a Saturday afternoon shooting that left one person injured. According to a CRPD news release, a gunshot victim showed up at a local hospital just before 3:45 Saturday afternoon. Investigators...Read More

Two airlifted to UIHC after one-car accident near Mount Pleasant

Lang 7/1/20 Two people were airlifted to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after a one-vehicle accident near Mount Pleasant. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a Toyota Camry being driven by 25-year-old Amosa Rasas of...Read More

One injured in three-vehicle accident on I-80 near Durant

Lang 7/11/20 One person was injured in a late Thursday night accident on Interstate 80 near Durant. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a Toyota Corolla was stopped partially in the eastbound roadway on I-80 near the...Read More

World News

Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Back In Jail After Dispute Over Gag Order

President Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, was taken back to a federal jail on Thursday after refusing to agree to a gag order as a condition of serving his criminal sentence under home confinement. Cohen’s lawyer,...Read More

Record-Breaking Tropical Storm Fay Forms Off Atlantic Coast

Tropical Storm Fay has developed off the coast of the Carolinas, adding to an already busy start of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. In an update late last evening, the National Hurricane Center said Fay was located...Read More

NYC Announces Plans For Schools: Rotate In-Person Classes, Per CDC’s Clarification Of Guidelines

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that public schools will reopen for fall with reduced in-person classes, while Vice President Mike Pence said the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) would provide “more clarity” on...Read More

Harvard, MIT Suing To Block ICE From Removing Student Visas For Online Instruction

On Wednesday, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) sued to block new immigration restrictions that would prevent students in the United States on visas from taking classes at institutions that offer fully online courses....Read More

PGA Pro Sean Fredrickson And His 3 Children Among Passengers Killed In Idaho Plane Crash

PGA golf pro Sean Fredrickson, his son Hayden Fredrickson and his stepchildren Sofia and Quinn Olsen were among those who were killed on Sunday after two planes collided and fell into a lake in Idaho. The Kootenai...Read More

Joe Biden Wins New Jersey, Delaware Primaries In Landslide Victory

Presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden won primaries in New Jersey and Delaware on Tuesday. Both states had postponed their elections from their original scheduled dates due to COVID-19. Biden received 88.5 percent of the vote in...Read More