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Gage Miskimen, Editor in Chief

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Gage Miskimen is the current Editor in Chief at The Daily Iowan. He has worked at the DI all four years of his college career, starting out as a news reporter covering city council and Johnson County supervisors. He founded DI Films his sophomore year, bringing back the DI's video section with a documentary approach. During his junior year, he served as the creative director.

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[Photo] Opinion | Don’t drain the mighty Mississippi

August 24, 2022
The Daily Iowan editor-in-chief Gage Miskimen poses for a portrait on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan)

Miskimen: Reflecting on my time as editor-in-chief of The Daily Iowan

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May 9, 2019
Courtesy of the Stout Family

The legacy of UI alum George Stout, the father of art conservation

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April 17, 2019
AirCare Lead Pilot Tim Whaylen flies the AirCare helicopter on March 20, 2019 over Iowa City, Iowa.

An inside look into the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics’ AirCare team

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April 10, 2019
Police investigators investigate the scene on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at 114 Green Mountain Drive in Iowa City, Iowa.

Suspect pool not narrowed in Iowa City homicide investigation

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April 8, 2019
Police investigators are on the scene of a suspicious death on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at 114 Green Mountain Drive in Iowa City.

‘Suspicious death’ of UI Health Care employee being investigated as homicide

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April 7, 2019
Person found dead in Iowa City car fire

Person found dead in Iowa City car fire

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March 19, 2019
The Daily Iowan is seen on February 26, 2019

Letter from the Editor: The Daily Iowan is listening to you

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February 26, 2019
Mollie Tibbetts

September trial set for man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts

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February 2, 2019
Police take down caution tape in the alleyway behind Halsey Hall on the UI campus, where Gerald Belz was found unresponsive early Wednesday morning.

UI student dies overnight, cause of death believed to be weather-related

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January 30, 2019
Icicles form on the Old Capitol on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019.

With Arctic winds approaching, Iowa City prepares for extreme cold

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January 29, 2019
Iowa forward Luka Garza lays the ball up during Iowas game against Nebraska at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday, January 6, 2019. The Hawkeyes defeated the Cornhuskers 93-84.

Men’s basketball gets first conference win, beats Nebraska, 93-84

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January 6, 2019
Iowa forward Luka Garza jumps for a rebound during the mens basketball game against Western Carolina at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. The Hawkeyes defeated the Catamounts 78-60.

Western Carolina helps Iowa basketball win with 26 turnovers

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December 19, 2018
UI President Bruce Harreld speaks with The Daily Iowan in an interview in the Presidents Office on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.

[Photo] Q&A: UI President Bruce Harreld talks state funding, student life

December 12, 2018
The country reacts to former UI student and Hawkeye football player becoming attorney general

The country reacts to former UI student and Hawkeye football player becoming attorney general

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November 8, 2018
Congressman Steve King speaks at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition in Des Moines on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition is a dedicated to educating the public and training Christians for effective political action. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

Rep. Steve King not granting credentials to Des Moines Register

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November 6, 2018
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[Photo] Video: Behind the scenes of one of eastern Iowa’s largest haunted attractions

October 23, 2018
Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta sits at his desk on Oct. 17.

[Photo] UI Athletics Director Gary Barta discusses Title IX, alcohol sales in Kinnick, and more

October 22, 2018
The U.S. Capitol is seen on March 13, 2018.

[Photo] Leonard: Fallacies are politics’ worst enemy

October 2, 2018

Suspicious male reported near Rochester Avenue

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September 25, 2018
Cristhian Bahena Rivera (contributed)

Man charged in Mollie Tibbetts’ death pleads not guilty

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September 19, 2018
Kid Captain Gwen White smiles for a portrait during Iowa Football Kids Day at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. The 2018 Kid Captains met the Iowa football team and participated in a behind-the-scenes tour of Kinnick Stadium. Gwens story will be featured during Iowas first home game on Saturday.

First Kid Captain of the year eager to take the field with Hawkeye football

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August 30, 2018
EPI Vet Unemployment

[Photo] Iowa programs address veteran unemployment

August 27, 2018
An Iowa State Patrol car sits behind a closed road sign on 385th Avenue outside of Brooklyn, Iowa near the site of where UI Mollie Tibbetts’ body was found Aug. 21.

Rivera worked in Iowa under false name

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August 23, 2018
White House releases video in response to Mollie Tibbetts death

White House releases video in response to Mollie Tibbetts’ death

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August 22, 2018
Cristhian Bahena Rivera (contributed)

Man charged with murder in Tibbetts case makes first court appearance

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August 22, 2018
President-Elect Donald Trump thanks fans while making his entrance during an event for Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence in Des Moines on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

President Trump on Tibbetts’ death: ‘immigration laws are such a disgrace’

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August 21, 2018
Department of Criminal investigation Special Agent in Charge Richard Rahn speaks at a press conference regarding the case of UI student Mollie Tibbetts’ death in Montezuma, Iowa, on Aug. 21, 2018. Tibbetts’ body was found in a cornfield outside of Brooklyn, Iowa, and a first-degree murder charge has been filed.

[Photo] First-degree murder charge filed against undocumented immigrant in Mollie Tibbetts’ death

August 21, 2018
Missing posters for UI student Mollie Tibbetts are seen in Iowa City on Sunday, July 29, 2018. Tibbetts went missing between July 18 and 19, in Brooklyn, Iowa.

Missing UI student Mollie Tibbetts found dead, reports say

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August 21, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at an event in Des Moines, Iowa promoting Trumps tax-cutting policies on Wednesday Aug. 15.

VP Pence on Mollie Tibbetts: ‘You’re in the hearts of every American’

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August 15, 2018
Iowa City Police

Iowa City police look to identify subjects in downtown-assault investigation

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August 15, 2018
November 2017 file photo. (Jared Krauss for the Daily Iowan)

Public forum held on city deer-reduction plan

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August 14, 2018
Missing posters for UI student Mollie Tibbetts are seen in Iowa City on Sunday, July 29, 2018. Tibbetts went missing between July 18 and 19, in Brooklyn, Iowa.

New website established in Mollie Tibbetts case

Gage Miskimen, Editor in Chief
August 13, 2018
Missing posters for UI student Mollie Tibbetts are seen in Iowa City on Sunday, July 29, 2018. Tibbetts went missing between July 18 and 19, in Brooklyn, Iowa.

Mollie Tibbetts’ family announce reward fund two weeks after disappearance

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August 8, 2018
November 2017 file photo. (Jared Krauss for the Daily Iowan)

Public to give input on city’s deer-reduction plan

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August 2, 2018
Missing posters for UI student Mollie Tibbetts are seen in Iowa City on Sunday, July 29, 2018. Tibbetts went missing between July 18 and 19, in Brooklyn, Iowa.

Hope is alive as the search for Mollie Tibbetts continues

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August 1, 2018
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks while a portrait of President Donald Trump hangs above her during her first Condition of the State address in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Reynolds took over the governor office in May of 2017.

Iowa lawmakers react to Trump’s federal aid for farmers

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July 24, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks at an event titled Generation Next: A White House Forum in the South Court Auditorium on Thursday, March 22, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Trump to visit Dubuque on July 26

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July 23, 2018
Tyrell Thornton sits for a portrait in his recording studio in Iowa City on Sunday, July 15, 2018. Thornton, who produces as The Cubist first started producing as a student at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Behind the booth: Inside an Iowa City music studio

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July 18, 2018
Contributed

UI alum faces unknown future due to immigration laws

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July 11, 2018
Iowa City City Hall is seen on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.

City Council delays rezoning vote for downtown high-rise again

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July 3, 2018
The University of Iowa Campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

UI points to Anti-Violence Plan after online sexual misconduct

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June 27, 2018
Parkland student Emma González listens during the panel at the March For Our Lives event in Marion, Iowa on June. 21, 2018. (Gage Miskimen/The Daily Iowan)

March For Our Lives tour comes to eastern Iowa

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June 22, 2018
The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

Subject of viral tweet no longer enrolled at UI

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June 20, 2018
The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

UI student, subject of viral tweet, previously accused of stalking

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June 12, 2018
Democratic candidate for Iowas 37th District Janice Weiner speaks with The Daily Iowan in the Adler Journalism Building on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Weiner served as a U.S. diplomat for over 25 years, and was born and raised in Coralville.

[Photo] Janice Weiner touts her experience ahead of primary election

June 3, 2018
Miskimen: What the DI has given me

Miskimen: What the DI has given me

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April 3, 2018
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, stands at a hearing March 14 addressing oversight in the Parkland, Florida, school shootings, in which 17 people died.

Judiciary hearing points to failures leading to Parkland shooting

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March 14, 2018
First responder remembers Nov. 1, 1991 UI Shooting

First responder remembers Nov. 1, 1991 UI Shooting

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March 1, 2018
Once a DI editor, now a journalism influencer

Once a DI editor, now a journalism influencer

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February 19, 2018
Photo illustration by Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan

Covering a tragedy: the UI’s 1991 shooting

Gage Miskimen, Editor in Chief
November 1, 2017
Iowa City Police Chief Jody Matherly hands out temporary tattoos to kids at the National Night Out in Weatherby Park on Tuesday, August 1, 2017. The event gives the community a chance to meet with police officers. (Gage Miskimen/The Daily Iowan)

[Photo] Police, community bond in Night Out

August 2, 2017
The University Club on June 19, 2017. The club will be closing its doors in September 2018. (Gage Miskimen/The Daily Iowan)

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Kirstin Hudson, a Presbyterian Pastor from Cedar Rapids greets supporters of Donald Trump who are attending a rally in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday June 21, 2017. Hutson said that she was praying for the people attending the rally and that she thinks the assertion that Trump somehow represents Christian values is so misplaced. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Protesters greet Trump in CR

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June 22, 2017
A mellow world to visit

A mellow world to visit

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June 22, 2017
The University Club on June 19, 2017. The club will be closing its doors in September 2018. (Gage Miskimen/The Daily Iowan)

[Photo] UI closes University Club

June 20, 2017
Brockhampton: the new American boyband

Brockhampton: the new American boyband

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June 15, 2017
Uber driver Donald Ebner poses on Clinton Street in Iowa City, IA on May 2, 2016. Uber was approved for Iowa City this past week, but Ebner has been a driver for 10 months. Ebner, a retired police officer, started driving because he likes to meet new people. (Photo Illustration by Joshua Housing)

Uber débuts on IC streets

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May 3, 2016
Need a job done? There’s an app

Need a job done? There’s an app

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April 28, 2016
The Johnson County courthouse has scheduled a construction for a new entrance to the building. The Johnson courthouse has been a part of Iowa City since 1901. (The Daily Iowan/Glenn Sonnie Wooden)

Local officials mull affordable housing, Rose Oaks

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April 26, 2016
Councilors hear housing woes

Councilors hear housing woes

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April 21, 2016
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Heroin, meth trending up

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April 20, 2016
Cars drive down Iowa Ave. on Tuesday Jan. 19, 2016. Uber, a popular driving company, looks to operate through Iowa City. (The Daily Iowan/Mary Mathis)

Ride, Uber, ride, IC says

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April 20, 2016
A group of people are shown walking through Iowa Citys Ped Mall during Taste of Iowa City Wednesday, August 27, 2014. Taste of Iowa City took place around downtown Iowa City where citizens were able to purchase tickets that they could redeem for food at a stand of their choice. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Zombie Burger heading to IC, Coral Ridge

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April 19, 2016
County studies wage increase

County studies wage increase

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April 14, 2016
Minimum wage increase looms in IC

Minimum wage increase looms in IC

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April 5, 2016
Ed Bornstein/The Daily Iowan A growing Iowa City skyline stands against a muggy afternoon sky on Monday, July 17, 2006. A story released Monday in Money Magazine ranked the city No. 74 on its Best Places to Live list out of an original pool of nearly 750.

Businesses brace for construction

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March 31, 2016
Ed Bornstein/The Daily Iowan A growing Iowa City skyline stands against a muggy afternoon sky on Monday, July 17, 2006. A story released Monday in Money Magazine ranked the city No. 74 on its Best Places to Live list out of an original pool of nearly 750.

Johnson County Crisis Center stages baby supply drive

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March 29, 2016
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‘An Evening at the Ecopolis’ at the Old Capitol

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March 25, 2016
Cars drive down Iowa Ave. on Tuesday Jan. 19, 2016. Uber, a popular driving company, looks to operate through Iowa City. (The Daily Iowan/Mary Mathis)

Uber likely to appear in Iowa City

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March 24, 2016
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Democrat Jason Lewis announces county supervisor candidacy

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March 22, 2016
A kitten relaxes in its bed at the Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. The center has a new program on Thursday nights that allows kids to read to the cats for volunteering experience and gives the cats a chance to socialize with people. (The Daily Iowan/Tawny Schmit)

Iowa City Animal Center launches ‘Read to the Paw’ kids program

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March 10, 2016
Ed Bornstein/The Daily Iowan A growing Iowa City skyline stands against a muggy afternoon sky on Monday, July 17, 2006. A story released Monday in Money Magazine ranked the city No. 74 on its Best Places to Live list out of an original pool of nearly 750.

Where have millennials gone?

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March 8, 2016
Photo illustration by Jordan Gale. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Council to take up Uber again

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March 4, 2016
Lisa Green-Douglass to run for full term on Board of Supervisors

Lisa Green-Douglass to run for full term on Board of Supervisors

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March 1, 2016
Iowa City City Council to decide on The Lens fundraising

Iowa City City Council to decide on ‘The Lens’ fundraising

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February 26, 2016
Heiden joins supervisor race

Heiden joins supervisor race

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February 23, 2016
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UI hired new College of Education dean

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February 16, 2016
Ed Bornstein/The Daily Iowan A growing Iowa City skyline stands against a muggy afternoon sky on Monday, July 17, 2006. A story released Monday in Money Magazine ranked the city No. 74 on its Best Places to Live list out of an original pool of nearly 750.

Iowa City moves on Section 8 housing vouchers

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February 12, 2016
Trinity Church, Chauncey Tower developers settle differences

Trinity Church, Chauncey Tower developers settle differences

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February 11, 2016
Counterfeit bills hit area

Counterfeit bills hit area

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February 4, 2016
A makeshift home is photographed under an Iowa River bridge on Wednesday, Jan. 27 2016. Poverty rates in Johnson County are on the rise. (The Daily Iowan/Eden Hall)

Poverty on the rise locally

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January 28, 2016
New City Manager Tom Markus shakes hands with people at a reception in his honor on Thursday in City Hall. The line of eager attendees stretched out the door, with people wearing anything from suits to sweatshirts and plenty of men in uniform, all waiting for a handshake and a little face time with the new city manager. Im happy to be here; this is a wonderful place to be … theres a lot of potential for improvement, said Markus, who was formerly the city manager of Birmingham, Mich. I hope to leave the city better than how I found it. (Rob Johnson/The Daily Iowan)

Markus has left his mark, officials say

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January 22, 2016
City Manager Markus may move on

City Manager Markus may move on

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December 3, 2015
Payne looks toward future

Payne looks toward future

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October 29, 2015
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