An Iowa City man wielding a guitar, a sword and a flask of cocaine was arrested at a gas station in Tiffin Monday night. Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Kum & Go gas station in Tiffin at 11:21 p.m. for a report of a man outside the store who was scaring the [...]

A former Iowa City insurance agent convicted in the 1979 execution style killing of a West Branch man will remain in prison after his application for commutation was denied for the second time Monday. Gov. Terry Branstad declined to commute the life sentence of Robert Kern, 67, convicted of first-degree murder, along with six other [...]

UPDATE: Iowa City police said Monday that the suspicious package disposed of by the Johnson County Metro Bomb team Sunday evening was not an explosive device. “It was not a bomb,” Sgt. Vicki Lalla said Monday afternoon. Lalla said she is waiting on more information about the investigation before releasing additional details. Police cordoned off [...]

  IOWA CITY – Coralville Lake is no longer predicted to go over its emergency spillway, but don’t take that to mean the threat of major flooding has passed. Underscoring that was Iowa City’s request Sunday for a small number of voluntary evacuations, the pending closure of the road over the dam at Coralville Lake [...]

IOWA CITY – One man is facing an attempted murder charge after an assault involving a hammer, according to Iowa City Police. Police were called to the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall, near the intersection of Dubuque & Washington Streets, at about 5:50 a.m. Sunday for a report of a fight. When police arrived, they found [...]

CORALVILLE – During the 2008 flood, Coralville officials went around by boat and even plane surveying the water with an eye toward the future. City Administrator Kelly Hayworth and City Engineer Dan Holderness used a fire department boat to observe various places to see what was flooding and when as Coralville Lake, the Iowa River [...]

A grandmother punched a 22-year-old Iowa City man three times after she received a text from her grandson accusing the man of sexually assaulting him. Devin Menard was charged Tuesday with second-degree sexual abuse, assault with intent to commit sexual abuse and fourth-degree criminal mischief in Johnson County District Court. Menard is accused of sexually [...]

A heavy law enforcement presence is on scene at a rural area in Johnson County. There are several Iowa State troopers and Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies in the Holly Court area. Many are patrolling with binoculars. Troopers are also stationed along Highway 965 in Johnson County. Check back for updates.

Five juveniles were arrested following a fight at City High School in Iowa City early Monday morning. According to a press release from the Iowa City police department, police sent an officer to the high school for extra patrol as a precaution following an incident over the weekend that police anticipated might spill over into [...]

Iowa City is quickly becoming a top supplier of synthetic drugs to juveniles from across Eastern Iowa, according to police. “We’re having carloads of juveniles showing up from Burlington or Fort Madison at two, three in the morning, coming here to buy (synthetic drugs),” said Iowa City polic Sgt. Paul Batcheller. Legal synthetic substances are [...]