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Victim says she was assaulted by Dixon man

Hunter 06/07/26 A Dixon Iowa man was charged with assault after allegedly waking a woman at her Iowa City residence and hitting her. The victim came to the police department to report the assault Saturday afternoon. She...Read More

Officer notes “loss of bodily function” when arresting Iowa City man for OWI

Hunter 06/07/26 An Iowa City man was charged with OWI Saturday night after he reportedly was observed driving recklessly. Police stopped 51-year-old Nana Kazipamba of Pinto Lane just before 10pm after he allegedly drove on the wrong...Read More

Coralville man charged with assault

Hunter 06/07/26 A Coralville man was charged with assault last month after allegedly attacking an individual. Police say the incident occurred May 25th on the 2000 block of 10th Street. According to the arrest report, 37-year-old Ayikoe...Read More

Cedar Rapids man faces weapon charges after allegedly eluding police

Hunter 06/07/26 A Cedar Rapids man was taken into custody Saturday morning after allegedly eluding police and being found with illegal weapons. An officer reportedly observed 22-year-old Joshua White of Park Avenue SE driving over the speed...Read More

Iowa Department of Education announces over 500 location for kids to get free meals and snacks this summer

Hunter 06/07/26 The state Department of Education says they have over 500 locations across Iowa providing free meals and snacks to children 18 and younger this summer through the federally-funded SUN Meals program. Depending on the location,...Read More

EPA to fund Iowa DNR with Performance Partnership Grant

Hunter 06/07/26 The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a grant to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources totaling over $1.1 million. The Gazette reports the $1.14 million grant will fund activities related to air quality, water...Read More

Iowa Supreme Court rules UI cannot re-purpose scholarship aimed at black chemistry students

Hunter 06/07/26 The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that the University of Iowa is not allowed to re-purpose a scholarship fund set up to award black chemistry students. The legal action was taken after the US Supreme...Read More

Trial date set in Coralville murder case

Lang 6/6/26 A trial date has been set in a Coralville murder case. 47-year-old James Martin is accused of stabbing his wife, Amber Martin, to death at the couple’s Spring Rose Circle residence on January 16th. Previously...Read More

Iowa City Police arrest armed subject who was allegedly carrying meth

Lang 6/6/26 Iowa City Police have arrested an armed subject they say was carrying methamphetamine. Officers stopped 60-year-old Thomas Preyear of 9th Street in Coralville as he was riding a bicycle with no lighting northbound on Keokuk...Read More

Homeless subject in no-contact order accused of sharing tent with protected party

Lang 6/6/26 A homeless subject named in a no-contact order is accused of sharing a tent with the protected party. Iowa City Police responded to a trespassing complaint at Metro Pavers on the 100 block of Southgate...Read More

Private fundraising continues in effort to restore Iowa City airport jet

Lang 6/6/26 Private fundraising is continuing in an effort to help pay for the restoration of the F-86 Sabre interceptor jet on display in front of the Iowa City Municipal Airport. The jet was installed at the...Read More

Deputy Superintendent departs Iowa City Community School District

Lang 6/6/26 The top two positions in the Iowa City Community School District are now vacant. The Council Bluffs School District announced Friday that it had hired Iowa City Deputy Superintendent Chace Ramey as its interim superintendent....Read More

Third local community in four days issues statement about missed refuse pickups

Lang 6/6/26 A third local community in four days has issued a statement about a local refuse collection company. A Friday night post on the official City of Solon Facebook page simply reads, “LRS Update 6/5/26 Garbage...Read More

National News

Ex-national security adviser John Bolton agrees to plead guilty in classified documents case

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to plead guilty to a single felony count of unauthorized retention of classified national security information – resolving a criminal case...Read More

One teen killed, three others wounded in shooting after California H.S. graduation ceremony

A graduation celebration in Northern California ended in tragedy Wednesday evening when gunfire erupted in a school parking lot outside Fairfield High School following a commencement ceremony for Sem Yeto High School, leaving an 18-year-old dead and...Read More

Former NY Rep. George Santos faces insider trading inquiry over alleged wagers on Kalshi market

The Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have launched investigations into former New York Representative George Santos regarding allegations of insider trading tied to bets he reportedly made on the prediction platform Kalshi —...Read More