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Radiothon 2025 is coming on Friday, July 11th!

From 6 a.m. on Friday 7/11 through noon on Saturday 7/12, 1630 KCJJ will be raising money for Table to Table and accepting non-perishable food donations for the Community Food Bank. We will be interviewing clients, donors,...Read More

Car strikes, kills person on foot in Muscatine

Lang 7/12/25 A car driving down a Muscatine alley struck and killed a person on foot Friday morning. The Iowa State Patrol says the victim was pulling weeds on a rock-covered hillside along Sunrise Lane just before...Read More

Urbandale man sentenced in sexual assault case involving Coralville juvenile

Lang 7/12/25 A central Iowa man accused of sexually abusing a minor in Coralville has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. Judge Kevin McKever handed that sentence down earlier this week to 38-year-old Jermeze...Read More

2 Hawkeyes bring home Pan-Am gold

UI Athletics news release LIMA, Peru – Two University of Iowa women’s wrestlers had first-place finishes at the 2025 U20 Pan-American Championships on Friday in Peru. Sophomore Cadence Diduch (65 kg) and incoming freshman Bella Willams (59 kg) went undefeated on their...Read More

Iowa City cupcake shop to cease operations after 13 years

Lang 7/11/25 A cupcake shop that has called downtown Iowa City home for over a decade is ceasing operations. The official social media accounts of Molly’s Cupcakes on South Clinton Street posted Friday afternoon that it was...Read More

Special discounted tickets for IndyCar weekend at Iowa Speedway include donations to Iowa Swarm Collective

Lang 7/11/25 Special tickets being sold for this weekend’s IndyCar races at the Iowa Speedway will include a donation to the Iowa Swarm Collective. Student athletes from both the University of Iowa and Iowa State will be...Read More

Coralville Fire Department to conduct helicopter landing training on Saturday

Lang 7/11/25 The Coralville Fire Department will be conducting helicopter landing zone training on Saturday afternoon, weather permitting. Residents near S.T. Morrison Park can expect to see an AirCare emergency helicopter flying in the area and landing...Read More

UI College of Pharmacy researchers say they’ve been furloughed due to lack of funds, university officials dispute the claim

Lang 7/11/25 Researchers in the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy tell KCJJ they have been furloughed due to cuts in federal funding…but university officials say they’re unaware of the situation. Multiple employees within the department told...Read More

Muscatine lawyer joins other Democrats running for 1st Congressional District

Hunter 07/11/25 An international trade and national security lawyer from Muscatine becomes the fourth Democrat to announce a run for the 1st Congressional District seat currently occupied by Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Taylor Wettach issued a release this...Read More

Coralville residents speak out against proposed license plate cameras

Hunter 07/11/25 About a dozen Coralville residents showed up at this week’s City Council meeting to express concerns about a proposed use of license plate reader cameras. The cameras alert law enforcement when a vehicle identified through...Read More

Iowa to end program for residents with mental and behavioral health challenges

Hunter 07/11/25 State nonprofits that provide support and services to those with complex mental health challenges said they were given no warning when the state announced plans to end a program that provides holistic care coordination for...Read More

UI announces end of partnership with Macbride Nature Recreation Area

Hunter 07/11/25 The University of Iowa has announced a decades-long partnership will end once its current lease runs out. The Press-Citizen reports the university announced that it won’t renew its lease at the Macbride Nature Recreation Area...Read More

Iowa City man allegedly worked in concert with juvenile to steal merchandise from store

Hunter 07/11/25 An Iowa City man is accused of having a juvenile be his accomplice to commit a theft at a local store. Police were called to Dollar General on Highway 1 West on reports of a...Read More

National News

Secret Service suspended six personnel without pay following Trump assassination attempt

The Secret Service suspended six agents without pay for their conduct during the assassination attempt on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, nearly a year ago. Confirmation of the suspensions come just days...Read More

Federal judge in NH blocks Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship

A federal judge in New Hampshire agreed Thursday to issue a new nationwide block against President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante in Concord, New Hampshire barred the Trump...Read More

At least 120 dead, rescue teams continue search for over 170 still missing in catastrophic Texas flooding

Rescue teams are continuing their search into Day 6 for over 170 people still missing in Kerr County after the catastrophic flash floods that has devastated Central Texas, with the death toll now rising to over 120...Read More