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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Police lights are seen flashing after a traffic stop in downtown Iowa City on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.

Three individuals arrested in alleged assault of Iowa City man

Evan Watson, Assistant News Editor April 14, 2025

Three individuals were arrested by Iowa City Police for an alleged assault of a 63-year-old man early Sunday morning. According to criminal complaints, the three individuals, Braden Jordan, Pierce...

The Iowa Judicial Branch courthouse is seen before a session in Des Moines on Feb. 11. The oral arguments for Bert Miller and Nancy Duffner vs. State of Iowa were held later Tuesday evening.

Meet the Iowa family who learned their parents’ fertility doctor could be their father

Jami Martin-Trainor, Executive Editor April 13, 2025

Just by spitting into a tube, Bert Miller’s entire life changed. On Nov. 25, 2016 — a date Miller was able to recall with ease over eight years later — Miller applied for an Ancestry.com DNA...

An Iowa City Police Department squad car sits in the department garage on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Social media video of ICPD officer raises questions regarding reasonable force

Anna Mitchell, News Reporter April 7, 2025

A Facebook video showing Iowa City Police Department officer Alirio Arcenas hitting Iowa City man Jonathan Kim repeatedly while arresting him on Tuesday, March 18, has raised questions throughout the...

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Suspect charged with murder after fatal Iowa City shooting

Emma Jane, News Reporter April 2, 2025

In a Wednesday press release, the Iowa City Police Department identified 38-year-old Elijah Williams of Iowa City as the victim of Saturday night’s fatal shooting and announced the arrest of Antavis...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seen on March 25, 2025.

UI researchers file discrimination lawsuit, revealing similar legal battles at public universities

Anna Mitchell, News Reporter March 30, 2025

Gender and wage discrimination cases are nothing new for Iowa’s public universities. In December 2024, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled on Silvia R. Cianzio v. Iowa State University, the State of Iowa,...

Police lights are seen flashing after a traffic stop in downtown Iowa City on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.

Iowa City Police investigating shooting death

Emma Jane, News Reporter March 30, 2025

This is a developing story. Check back for updates. The Iowa City Police Department is investigating a shooting death that occurred just before midnight on Saturday. According to a Sunday press...

The Iowa Judicial Branch courthouse is seen before a session in Des Moines on Feb. 11. The oral arguments for Bert Miller and Nancy Duffner vs. State of Iowa were held later Tuesday evening.

Iowa Supreme Court dismisses alleged UIHC illicit insemination case

Jami Martin-Trainor, Executive Editor March 14, 2025

The Iowa Supreme Court released their decision for Miller v. State of Iowa — a case alleging a former University of Iowa OB-GYN chair non-consensually inseminated patients with his own sperm —...

The Johnson County Courthouse is seen in Iowa City on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Iowa City man sentenced for police parody account

Emma Jane, News Reporter March 13, 2025

Daniel Kauble was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation and six months of suspension — meaning he will serve jail time if he violates probation — for operating a parody account on X, formerly...

Police lights are seen flashing after a traffic stop in downtown Iowa City on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.

Former Iowa City paraeducator pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of a student

Emma Jane, News Reporter March 13, 2025

A former paraeducator in the Iowa City Community School District pleaded guilty on March 7 to sexual exploitation by a school employee, a Class D felony. Joel Munzila, 22, faces five years in prison. According...

Chad Squires speaks on the phone at Newton Correctional Facility on Feb. 21. Squires is a home building program manager for Iowa Prison Industries.

Prison-manufactured items sold across Iowa calls to question ethics of prison labor

March 11, 2025

Tucked away five miles south of Newton, Iowa, Newton Correctional Facility holds 938 low- and medium-security inmates. The facility is also the site of Homes for Iowa, a nonprofit organization that...

Police lights are seen flashing after a traffic stop in downtown Iowa City on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.

Boyfriend of Victoria Skarda charged with first-degree murder in her January death

Emma Jane, News Reporter March 11, 2025

Joshua Perry, 34, has been charged with first-degree murder in the January death of Victoria Skarda, 33. Skarda and Perry shared a child and lived together in the home where Skarda was found dead on...

Christopher Warnock poses for a portrait in his home in Iowa City on Feb. 21. Warnock is a local attorney at law with five cases that have reached the Iowa Supreme Court.

Meet Iowa City’s unlikely landlord-tenant attorney

Jack Moore, Managing News Editor February 25, 2025

Challenging some of Iowa City’s largest landlords in the courtroom, Iowa City Attorney Christopher Warnock has led a career that seeks to define the relationships between landlords and tenants where...