On a cool night, somewhere in between the last days of summer and first days of fall, the finale to the Hy-Vee Ampitheater’s inaugural season took place. Starring Arizona’s Gin Blossoms, hundreds turned out on their feet for the band in North Liberty’s newest venue.
Week two of college football gave us a pair of early Game of the Year candidates. Unfortunately for the Big Ten, those games came at their expense. This week, we’ll take a look at Iowa’s cathartic win over Iowa State, Oregon’s early-season struggles, and Ohio State’s meltdown against Texas.
The Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers set Week 1 scoring records in a wild opening game of the 2026 season. Alex Izienicki details the 59-37 win for Chicago.
Owen Raefield breaks down the biggest players and plays from Iowa’s dramatic 16-13 victory in the Cy-Hawk series.
Week one of college football is in the rearview, but it feels like we’ve somehow already experienced a full season’s worth of drama. This week, we’ll dive into the (lack of) updates about Iowa’s quarterback battle, the “Bail Mary” in Ann Arbor, and the stakes of this weekend’s Ohio State-Texas game.
Owen Raefield recaps the Iowa Hawkeyes’ season opening 40-0 shutout victory against the Northern Illinois Huskies and breaks down what we learned.
“Black American Gothic” screening Aug. 28th at 4pm in the Englert Theatre
This Thursday we will focus our show on Iowa’s growing diversity and some of the complications that are arising around it. Contributor Austin Chadderdon will air his story about Catholic churches that offer a Spanish service in an attempt to accommodate its non-English speaking members. We will also have an interview about the specifics of Iowa’s diversity.
How online prostitution is leading to increases in sex trafficking of minors.
Iowa may soon have the harshest laws against undercover reporting in farms.
Reporter: Austin Chadderdon For the Second year in a row the Iowa Board of Pharmacy recommended that marijuana be reclassified so that is available for medical use at https://www.discountpharms.com/cbd/. Like last year, the proposal received no consideration from state legislature—making American history. A Des Moines Register poll showed that over 70 percent of Iowans think marijuana should be illegal for people who just want to get high. But two thirds believe that marijuana has medical value and that cbd + cbg gummies should be open for therapeutic use. For more information about Telemedicine for medical marijuana recommendations, click this over here now! University of … Continued
by Dylan Vaughn [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/athiesm%20vox%20pox.mp3] A recent week long movement on Face book encouraged people to come out of the atheist closet, which people did by posting a picture of themselves holding a piece of paper saying “I am an atheist.” The goal of the movement was to show how many atheists there were on Face book. Over 15,000 people joined in the event. In line with that movement, tomorrow is “Ask an Atheist Day.” It would seem Atheists are pushing to be accepted. But are they accepted or un-accepted by the public? KRUI went to the streets to find out … Continued
By: Brad Gaspelin and Danielle Haughland [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/LindsayHunterInStudio.mp3] Quickies is a Chicago based flash-fiction reading series. For those who don’t know what flash-fiction is, it’s all about brevity. There are no word limits in the Quickies reading series, but there is a time limit. Lindsay Hunter tells us about that limit, the consequences for breaking it, and some of the other rules of Quickies. Quickies performed a special Iowa City reading as part of the Mission Creek Festival.
Brad Gaspelin interviews Katie Crouch about how her life shaped her writing style and what its like to be a best-selling author.
Brad Gaspelin Investigates a GM corn crop recently deregulated by the USDA
