An Iowa City police officer was reportedly assaulted early Friday morning. According to an Iowa City police press release, the officer was out alone one patrol early Friday morning at 2:10 a.m. when he noticed a man in the middle of the street interfering with traffic along the intersection of Burlington and Linn Streets. The [...]
IC police officer assaulted
An Iowa City police officer was reportedly assaulted early Friday morning. According to an Iowa City police press release, the officer was out alone one patrol early Friday morning at 2:10 a.m. when he noticed a man in the middle of the street interfering with traffic along the intersection of Burlington and Linn Streets. The [...]
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Iowa leads Northern Illinois at halftime, 49-30
The Iowa men’s basketball team leads Northern Illinois, 49-30, at halftime of a game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Guards Matt Gatens and Josh Oglesby both have a team-high 11 points. Each player knocked down three 3-pointers in the first half. Oglesby knocked down three in a row after missing his first. Northern Illinois’ Abdel Nader also [...]
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Motion to dismiss denied in Thompson trial
A motion to dismiss the first-degree murder trial against 19-year-old Charles William Curtis Thompson has been denied. 6th Judicial District County Judge Sean McPartland denied the defense’s motion to dismiss murder charges Thursday during a final pretrial conference. McPartland ruled the defense did not show sufficent evidence to prove the prosecution intended to cause a [...]
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UI students “walk-out”, gather on Pentacrest
Protesters aligned with Occupy Iowa City gathered in front of the Old Capitol on the University of Iowa campus at 11:30 a.m. today for a ‘teach-in’, as part of the student walk-out organized by Occupy members. Speakers at the teach-in included David Osterberg, an associate professor of occupational and environmental health, who spoke about cuts [...]
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Preliminary hearing set for Nov. 28 in Williams trial
A Coralville woman charged with first-degree murder will have her preliminary hearing Nov. 28. Lillie Will Williams, 49, was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder after police alleged she started a fire which later killed a 14-year-old boy and injured two others. During her initial appearance today at the Johnson County courthouse, her preliminary hearing date [...]
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Santorum talks foreign policy, education
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum defended his foreign policy plans at a stop in Iowa City Thursday morning. The former U.S. Senator, R-Pa., spoke with roughly 20 Iowa City locals at the Hamburg Inn No. 2, 214 N. Linn St., about foreign policy and education reform as part of his eight-day visit to Iowa. A [...]
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Ferentz on potential PSU opening: “I’ve got a great job”
Kirk Ferentz didn’t say much Tuesday when asked about the coaching situation at Penn State. Instead, the Hawkeye head coach spoke highly of his current position. “I’ve got a great job,” Ferentz said. “I just feel fortunate to be here.” Ferentz’s name has been linked to many openings during his 13 seasons as Iowa’s head [...]
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Intramural volleyball: Boltz Crew wins championship
By Alex French alexander-french@uiowa.edu The infamous “2011 Intramural Champions” T-shirts were handed out to the Boltz Crew on Monday night after they defeated Sheen’s Bi-Winners in the co-rec competitive volleyball division in three sets, (27-25, 20-25, 15-13). Monday marked the second time this intramural season that the two teams faced off, but the first time [...]
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Hawk Alert about possible armed suspect goes out more than an hour late
UPDATE: Iowa City authorities say the suspect has been found. He was about 30 miles away from campus and did not have a weapon. Iowa City authorities first heard about a possible armed suspect in town just after 9 p.m. but students didn’t get a Hawk Alert about the apparent threat until just before 10:30 [...]
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