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Iowa Senate panel rejects bill aimed at protecting seniors in nursing homes

Lang 2/5/26 An Iowa Senate panel has rejected a bill aimed at protecting seniors in nursing homes. Current Iowa law allows such care facilities to ban residents or their families from installing cameras in residents’ rooms to...Read More

Republican-led Iowa House advancing bill that would end school vaccine requirements

Hunter 02/05/26 Legislation advancing in the Republican-led Iowa House would end immunization requirements for students to attend school. The Gazette reports The House Education Committee advanced the bill late Wednesday night, on a 14-9 vote, with two...Read More

Coralville man on parole faces litany of charges

Hunter 02/05/26 A Coralville man on probation faces a slew of new charges, including allegedly using stolen gift cards. According to court records, 30-year-old Joel Meadows of Spring Rose Circle was arrested on Monday. He was reportedly...Read More

Republican Senate members reveal education funding package

Hunter 02/05/26 State Senate Republicans have revealed their education package, proposing a 1.75 percent increase in per pupil funding. Iowa’s News Now reports the GOP believes that translates to a $145 increase per student, potentially raising the...Read More

Iowa City Regina cancels classes due to high absenteeism

Hunter 02/05/26 Iowa City Regina has canceled classes for today and tomorrow due to what they say is an exceptionally high and rapidly increasing rate of illness. According to the school’s website, overall PreK-12 there are 248...Read More

Second lawsuit filed over closure of State Historical Society location in Iowa City

Hunter 02/05/26 A new lawsuit has been filed over the unexpected closure of the Iowa City location of the Iowa State Historical Society. The Gazette reports the suit was filed last month by the State Historical Society,...Read More

Coralville man injured in head on collision with Linn County deputy

Hunter 02/05/26 A Coralville man was hospitalized after striking a Linn County deputy head-on Wednesday night. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 69-year-old Scott Rohwedder was heading westbound in the eastbound lanes of Highway 100 in a...Read More

Victim protection bills pass out of Senate subcommittee

Edited release 02/05/26 Katie’s Law and Victims Protection bills passed out of subcommittee Wednesday in the Iowa Senate. According to a release from Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird’s office, Katie’s Law has been enacted in some form...Read More

Heartlanders tripped up in Kansas City suburbs, 4-1

Iowa Heartlanders news release Independence, MO — The Iowa Heartlanders started a week-long road trip with a 4-1 defeat at the Kansas City Mavericks Wednesday at Cable Dahmer Arena. Both teams scored in the first. Justin Janicke opened...Read More

City of Iowa City recommends rescinding alcohol license suspension for The Fieldhouse

City of Iowa City news release On Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, following a public hearing, the Iowa City Council voted to suspend the alcohol license for The Fieldhouse Bar & Grill (“The Fieldhouse”) for 14 days. Because...Read More

Johnson County Supervisor addresses comments on World Hijab Day proclamation

Hunter 02/04/26 Johnson County Supervisor Jon Green issued a media release addressing comments on the county’s Facebook post celebrating World Hijab Day. The post was issued on February 1st, proclaiming the event and stating that the county...Read More

Iowa Manufactured Home Residents Call for Legislative Action

Edited release 02/04/26 Iowa manufactured home residents are gathering for a ” Day at the Capitol” Thursday to call on legislators to enact newly filed legislation that includes protections for mobile home park residences. According to a...Read More

Iowa City man arrested for New Year’s Day burglary

Hunter 02/04/26 An Iowa City man who burglarized a business on New Year’s Day has been arrested. According to the police report, 26-year-old Kevin Mora Sierra of the Hilltop Mobile Home Community forced entry in to a...Read More

National News

Man sentenced to life in prison in assassination attempt of Pres. Trump at Florida golf course

Ryan Routh, the man convicted of attempting to assassinate then–presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course in 2024, has been sentenced to life in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon delivered the sentence Wednesday...Read More

Border czar Tom Homan says DHS will withdraw 700 immigration agents from Minnesota

The Trump administration will immediately pull 700 federal immigration and law enforcement personnel out of Minnesota, reducing the federal footprint in the state by about 25%, according to White House border czar Tom Homan. Roughly 2,000 federal...Read More

Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify in Epstein probe after contempt threats

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are scheduled to provide testimony later this month as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, following weeks of tension...Read More