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Is Verizon down? Iowa, other Midwestern states experience outages from wireless company
Verizon customers in Iowa were among those affected by a national outage on the company’s mobile network Thursday and Friday.
States in the Midwest and West experienced the highest number of outages, according to Verizon Support.
“We are aware of an issue impacting service for some customers, primarily in Midwestern and Western states,” a spokesperson for Verizon said in an email to USA TODAY on Thursday.
In a response to a complaint on social media the company’s support account shared a similar message.
Multiple customers reported cell network outages on social media.
At 6:39 p.m. ET Thursday, the website Down Detector recorded 12,599 reports of outages, by 9:54 p.m. the number of reported outages fell to 5,831.
Where is the Verizon outage in Iowa?
Dubuque experienced some of the highest reports of outages in Iowa, according to Verizon’s page on Down Detector. There were over 200 reports of outages for Verizon customers in Dubuque on Thursday afternoon. By the evening the outage number dropped to 12, with another 12 reports trickling in Friday morning. Other areas of the Midwest including Chicago and Omaha also had high reports of outages.
“Some customers, primarily in Midwestern and Western states, experienced a service interruption for several hours yesterday,” Verizon support told the Register. “Our engineers worked quickly to solve the issue.” The account reported most service in Iowa was restored by 3 a.m. CT.
If you are still experiencing service issues in Iowa, Verizon’s support team recommends power cycling your phone.
Kate Kealey is a general assignment reporter for the Register. Reach her at kkealey@registermedia.com or follow her on Twitter at @Kkealey17.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Hazzard County, a Cedar Rapids bar, has announced they are opening a new location in Iowa City.
The Iowa City location will open in the Pedestrian Mall at 118 S Dubuque Street, where The Field House was previously located.
According to its Facebook page, the bar will feature a country theme, similar to the Cedar Rapids location.
The bar will also feature TVs to tune into games.
Hazzard County is set to open August 1, 2025.
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JOHNSTON, Iowa (KCRG) – The Iowa National Guard is honoring 1,800 Iowa soldiers who are being deployed to the Middle East for Operation Inherent Resolve.
The Iowa National Guard will hold 24 send-off ceremonies across the state from May 28-30.
The ceremonies will provide Iowans the chance to show support for service members and their families.
All are welcome to attend.
“These send-offs are a vital tradition,” said Major General Stephen Osborn, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard. “They represent not only the courage and dedication of our soldiers but also the unwavering support of the communities that stand behind them. We encourage Iowans to attend, show their gratitude, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our troops as they embark on this important mission.”
Ceremonies are being held in several eastern Iowa towns, including:
- Dubuque (133 IN A Co) – Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. at the Dubuque Armory, 5001 Old Highway Road
- Iowa City (133 IN B Co) – Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Melrose Readiness Center, 4540 Melrose Road
- Davenport (133 IN D Co) – Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Davenport Armory, 5300 W Kimberly Road
- Waterloo (133 IN HHC & G Co) – Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at Cedar Falls High School, 2701 W 27th Street, Cedar Falls
- Mt. Pleasant (224 BEB A Co) – Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana, 405 E Thresher Road
- Cedar Rapids (224 BEB C Co) – Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Cedar Rapids Armory, 1500 Wright Brothers Boulevard
- Davenport (224 BEB HHC, B & E Co) – Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Fairgrounds Speedway, 2815 W Locust Street
- Cedar Rapids (334 BSB HHC, A & B Co) – Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the Cedar Rapids Armory, 1500 Wright Brothers Boulevard
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The Iowa Hawkeyes have prided themselves on their strong defense for much of the Kirk Ferentz era, but the problem is they lost a ton of key players on that side of the ball this offseason.
Perhaps most notably, Iowa lost all three of its starting linebackers from 2024, which includes Butkus-Fitzgerald Award winner Jay Higgins.
Iowa has managed to piece things together in previous years after losing strong talent, so there is no reason to believe that the Hawkeyes won’t be able to do it again, but in this new NIL era, it may become considerably tougher for Ferentz and Co. to make significant moves.
Well, evidently, Iowa has identified a linebacker that it truly wants on its roster moving forward: three-star Georgia product Billy Weivoda.
The Hawkeyes just made an offer to Weivoda, and now, he will be visiting Iowa City for three days between June 13 and 15.
Weivoda is a class of 2026 recruit, so he obviously won’t be able to suit up for Iowa for a couple of years, but at least the Hawkeyes are getting ahead of things by trying to lock down a linebacking corps for the future.
The Alpharetta, Ga. native is the 56th-ranked linebacker in the country, via 247 Sports’ composite rankings. He is also the 78th-ranked player in the state of Georgia overall.
Weivoda also has upcoming meetings slated with Appalachian State, Jacksonville State and Virginia Tech, so Iowa may certainly have an edge from a prestige perspective. He already took a visit with Georgia Tech back in January.
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