An Oxford, Iowa man has been charged with kidnapping after police say he threatened an Iowa City woman, who had a no contact order against him related to previous charges of assault and sexual abuse, with a knife and forced her to get in her car drive him toward Cedar Rapids on Thursday.
The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case to determine whether state courts can bill low-income Iowans for the cost of their court-appointed defense attorney when criminal charges against the person have been dismissed.
The city of Cedar Rapids’ code enforcement manager pleaded not guilty this week to submitting forged pet prescriptions insurance claim. A tampering with records charge was added to the two initial charges last month.
Three months into his tenure leading Des Moines public schools, Ian Roberts asked the district's board for emergency approval of $116,000 in contracts.
Johnson County has renewed its motion for an injunction against Hawkeye Waste because its workers’ comp insurance coverage lapsed in September. A worker was crushed by a skid loader last year and an OSHA investigation revealed the company didn’t have workers’ comp insurance, which is a violation of Iowa law.
An Iowa City man who plied a 13 -year-old girl with alcohol and then sexually assaulted her in a car was found guilty last week following a July bench trial in Johnson County District Court.
An Iowa City man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he assaulted two women and attempted to sexually abuse them.
The Iowa Supreme Court is set to decide whether Davenport city employees are immune from liability in a court case regarding the 2023 partial building collapse that killed three people, injured another person and displaced numerous residents.
Nebraska man pleaded to causing a Detroit bound flight to be diverted to Cedar Rapids when he tried to open a SkyWest plane’s exit door and then became combative with the flight crew and passengers.
The ruling is a victory for three Planned Parenthood affiliates — in California, Iowa and New York — that sued to try to block enforcement of a U.S. Department of Human Services policy document issued in July that they contend contradict the requirements of the grants as established by Congress.
Despite a lawsuit fighting the State Historical Society of Iowa's unexpected and "haphazard" closure of its Iowa City research facility and archives — and a court hearing scheduled in the dispute next week — the state on Monday began moving some of the historical documents with help from prison inmates.
An Anamosa man was arrested Sunday on several charges — including attempted murder, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office — after law enforcement officers say he purposefully hit multiple cars with his own and then threatened multiple people with a machete.
The grieving sister of Ryan Cooper told her brother’s killer to “go to hell.” She said he may have tried to steal her brother’s dream but he could never be Ryan.
Doctor who performed bariatric surgeries in Waverly previously has been sued for alleged negligence and fraud.
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