Month:

UPDATE: Cause of fire and total damage IOWA CITY — Iowa City firefighters said the cause of a small fire at Takanami restaurant Tuesday morning was due to spontaneous combustion. spontaneous combustion. Fire crews responded to the restaurant at 217 Iowa Avenue at 9:14 a.m. after an automatic alarm was set off. Upon arrival, there […]

Robert Burke, 43, principal of Sageville Elementary School in Dubuque, has been arrested on charges of downloading child pornography. During an interview, Burke also admitted to putting a video camera in the boy’s bathroom at his school. Burke will appear in Cedar Rapids federal court at 4 p.m. Stay tuned for more information. Full press […]

A Coralville bank has filed a lawsuit against famed former University of Iowa Hawkeye turned businessman and entrepreneur Tim Dwight accusing him of failing to pay off a $226,100 business loan. According to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Johnson County District Court, Coralville-based Liberty Bank F.S.B. loaned Dwight the more than $226,000 on March 26, […]

A University of Iowa vehicle damaged in an explosion sits outside of the loading dock area on the southside of Van Allen Hall Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 in Iowa City. UI Department of Public Saftey Director Chuck Green said UI Department of Physics and Astronomy instuctor designer, Dale E. Stille, filled eight balloons, four with […]

An Iowa City West High senior who on Feb. 1 signed a letter of intent to play Division 1 football at Iowa State University was arrested last week on suspicion of stealing two hats from Scheels at the Coral Ridge Mall. Store personnel inside Scheels saw Charles Rogers, 18, of Iowa City, pick up two […]

RYAN – Authorities arrested a Ryan woman after they say she shot and killed her husband at their home late Sunday evening. Revette A. Sauser, 42, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 59-year-old Terry L. Sauser. Deputies were sent to the Sauser home at 420 South St. around 8:30 p.m. after a 911 call […]

CEDAR RAPIDS- One Cedar Rapids family wakes up to a nightmare after a car crashes into their home.  This happened on the 100-block of Brentwood drive north east in Cedar Rapids at around three 3am Saturday. “We’re glad it wasn’t close to our bedroom or even close to the kids,” said home renter Mohammad Youssef. […]

WATERLOO – A 60-year-old Waterloo West High School teacher was arrested Friday after police found he was involved in a possible sex offense incident with a female student. Waterloo Police arrested Michael Kenneth Lyons at his home,  2124 Casper Ave. and are charging him with two counts of sexual exploitation by a school employee, aggravated […]

IOWA CITY — Organizers have canceled the remaining days of a “Humans vs. Zombies” game that was part of the University of Iowa’s RiverFest 2011 after a player was hit by a car Tuesday afternoon. The name of the player hit, whether that person was a UI student and details of the accident were not immediately available […]