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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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After sexual-abuse allegations, former Iowa Hillel Foundation director no longer a Hillel employee

Kayli Reese, Managing News Editor September 13, 2019

UPDATE 5:10 p.m.: Jeneane Beck, University of Iowa assistant vice president from external relations, said in a UI statement emailed to the Daily Iowan that Iowa Hillel isn't a part of the UI and its staff...

Riverside man accused of theft and domestic abuse

Riverside man accused of theft and domestic abuse

Rachel Steil, News Reporter September 11, 2019

A Riverside man has been accused of second-degree theft and domestic abuse/assault impeding air/blood flow. Nikolas Petersen, 33, was charged Sept. 10 with child endangerment without injury, domestic...

Muscatine woman accused of burglary

Muscatine woman accused of burglary

Rachel Steil, News Reporter September 11, 2019

A Muscatine woman has been accused of third-degree burglary. Corina Campbell, 34, was charged on Sept. 10 with driving while barred, possession of burglar’s tools, two counts of possession of a controlled...

Coralville woman accused of forgery

Coralville woman accused of forgery

Rachel Steil, News Reporter September 10, 2019

A Coralville woman has been accused of forgery. Sarah Franz, 22, was charged on Sept. 9 with two counts of forgery. According to the arrest affidavit, Franz presented a payroll check from Cedar-Mac...

Justices listen to the argument of Melinda Nye in regards to the appeal of Lamar Wilson during a special session of the Iowa Supreme Court in Muscatine, IA on Tuesday, September 10, 2019.

Iowa City man imprisoned for Ped Mall shooting appeals conviction to Iowa Supreme Court

Kayli Reese, Managing News Editor September 10, 2019

MUSCATINE — An attorney on Tuesday asked the Iowa Supreme Court to reverse the conviction of the Iowa City man who was sentenced to prison after the 2017 Pedestrian Mall shooting and claimed immunity...

Lamar Wilson of Iowa City sits in the court room during a case management hearing for Lamar Wilson vs. Johnson County in the Johnson County courthouse on Oct. 27, 2017. Wilson's lawyers asked the judge to dismiss charges against him using Iowa’s “stand your ground” defense.

Iowa Supreme Court to hear Ped Mall shooter’s appeal tonight

Kayli Reese, Managing News Editor September 9, 2019

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tonight on the appeal of an Iowa City man who was sentenced after fatally shooting one man and injuring two others on the Pedestrian Mall in 2017. Justices...

Iowa City man accused of kidnapping 3 year-old

Iowa City man accused of kidnapping 3 year-old

Kayli Reese, Managing News Editor September 8, 2019

An Iowa City man has been accused of kidnapping. Rodney Bryant, 24, was charged Sept. 5 with second-degree kidnapping. According to the arrest affidavit, Bryant picked up a three-year-old child who...

Iowa City man accused of incest, sexual abuse

Kayli Reese, Managing News Editor August 31, 2019

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of an Iowa City man on incest and sexual abuse charges. Marvin Ramos, 36, 1619 Vesti Lane, is suspected of incest, lascivious acts with a child, two counts of...

Reports of shots fired on Arthur Street Saturday morning

Reports of shots fired on Arthur Street Saturday morning

Kayli Reese, Managing News Editor August 31, 2019

Police responded to reports of shots fired in Iowa City early Saturday morning, according to a press release from the Iowa City Police Department. Two calls reported a series of five shots in the area...

The Carver College of Medicine is pictured on April 4, 2018.

Former UI medical-school student sentenced to prison for plot to murder professor

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief August 29, 2019

A former University of Iowa medical-school student was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison Wednesday for his plot to pay a hitman to murder one of his professors with a machine gun. U.S....

Police seeking Iowa City man using someone else’s credit card

Kayli Reese, Managing News Editor August 28, 2019

A warrant is out for the arrest of an Iowa City man who used someone else’s credit card at multiple Coral Ridge Mall stores on Dec. 15. Michael Rickette, 21, 2613 Indigo Court, is suspected of unauthorized...

Police investigators respond to a scene of a suspicious death on Friday, April 7, 2019, at 114 Green Mountain Drive in Iowa City, Iowa.

Iowa City police: UI Health Care budget executive homicide investigation active

Katie Ann McCarver, News Editor August 27, 2019

Nearly five months after the homicide of University of Iowa Health Care budget executive JoEllen Browning, there are no new updates in the investigation of her homicide, Iowa City public-information officer...