Applications open for Iowa City’s 2025-2026 deer bow hunt program
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Bow hunters who want to participate in Iowa City's 2025-2026 deer bow hunt program can now submit their applications. The hunt, part of the city's Long-Term Deer Management Plan, will run from September 20 through January 10, 2026. The plan includes a combination of non-lethal...
Marion Civil Service Commission upholds decision to terminate firefighter
MARION, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — Marion's Civil Service Commission upheld the decision to fire a city firefighter who pressed a co-worker not to report an incident to management. The commission unanimously voted to confirm the firing of Marion firefighter William Zamastil in November 2024. An investigation found...
Huston Danker pleads guilty to first-degree murder
IOWA CITY – On what would have been the first day of his murder trial in the death of Ryan Cooper, defendant Huston William Danker, 27, pleaded out to the single charge of murder in the first degree on Tuesday, Aug. 12. According to Keith Greenberg, a producer with...
Man charged after breaking window of Cedar Rapids fast food restaurant
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A 55-year-old man has been charged after breaking a window of a Cedar Rapids fast food restaurant. Early Friday morning, police were called to the Burger King on 33rd Avenue SW. When law enforcement arrived on scene, they discovered a rock had been thrown into the establishment, breaking...
Narcan, condoms, gun locks and Plan B coming in free vending machines across Johnson...
Johnson County will place special vending machines in locations across the community to provide what officials said are potentially life-saving "harm reduction supplies" like naloxone spray, the medication used to treat opioid overdoses. The vending machines will be located in the Coralville and North Liberty public...
Cedar Rapids man with multiple felonies convicted of possessing a gun
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (IOWA'S NEWS NOW) — A Cedar Rapids man with a history of felony convictions has been found guilty for having a gun. Court documents say police were called to a home for a report of a burglary when they found Kirby Truesdell in the garage on Nov. 2024.
Former Hawkeye Derreck Robinson Passes Away
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Former University of Iowa defensive lineman Derreck Robinson passed away on Aug. 13 in San Diego. He was 43. Robinson, a native of Minneapolis, enrolled at Iowa in 2000 and played from 2001-04. During that time, the Hawkeyes posted a 38-12 overall record, won a share of two Big Ten Conference titles...
This weekend in Iowa: Bawdy Bawdy Ha Ha takes us to the circus, Alternating...
Today is the first day of the Alternating Currents festival in the Quad Cities, with events already underway this afternoon. On the festival schedule Friday night are the indie-rockers Hembree with Lauren Lovelle & The Midnight Spliffs. Monk’s in Dubuque has an album release for Dead Nerves, Numb Hands, the latest by...
Shots fired incident in parking lot being investigated by Cedar Rapids Police
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Cedar Rapids Police are now investigating a shots fired incident that happened in the Union Apartment complex Thursday afternoon. Officers arrived on scene a little after 1:30 p.m. where they learned that a young female victim was being taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Podcast: Honoring the memory of the pilot killed in a Monticello plane crash
Ukrainian family fights to stay in Iowa as humanitarian parole expires. A Ukrainian family living in Iowa City is stuck in limbo and unable to work as the federal government decides whether or not to extend their parole from a humanitarian program. Will a murder confession be used in trial?