The threat quickly was determined by police to be unfounded and classes in the district went on uninterrupted. But the threat was then shared by others on social media.
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The threat quickly was determined by police to be unfounded and classes in the district went on uninterrupted. But the threat was then shared by others on social media.
Emily Leonard’s family says no amount of prison would be enough for the man who fatally beat their loved one with a metal rod, causing her death in April 2022. A Linn County jury found Arthur Flowers, 62, charged with first-degree murder, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Flowers on Friday was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
A Cedar Rapids man, who was convicted this week for drug trafficking, had a source in California who would send packages of meth through the mail. Investigators intercepted 46 packages, which had a total weight of over 700 pounds of the drug.
A Tama woman who nearly drained her nephew’s trust fund, which included his Meskwaki Settlement per capita pay and Social Security benefits, was sentenced Thursday to more than 2 years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $380,000 in restitution. She spent the money on diamond jewelry and purebred dogs.
Judges in two Eastern Iowa counties have ordered a North Liberty man, charged in sexual assault cases in Johnson and Black Hawk counties, undergo a competency evaluation.
A Cedar Rapids woman has been arrested on charges that she shot herself in the leg and lied to police about where the gunshot came from.
The Illinois woman was driving the same car when she was pulled over by different officers, criminal complaints show.
A woman was seriously injured and a nearby Cedar Rapids Elementary School was temporarily locked down after a shots-fired incident …
An investigation into a homicide and an officer-involved shooting that left a father and son dead at a farm near Hornick, Iowa, is continuing, Woodbury County Sheriff Chad Sheehan said Monday.
Black individuals make up only 4 percent of Iowa’s population but are 25 percent of the prisons populations, according to the Prison Policy Initiative. Black people are sent to prisons at a rate of 9.1 times higher than whites, the data shows.
Court upholds Linn County jury verdict for Marion man who fatally stabbed Chris Bagley in 2018. The appeals courts decision is tossed and Johnny Blahnik Church, formerly known as Drew Blahnik will continuing serving his 57 year sentence.
Benton County has paid a $250,000 settlement to a former deputy over claims of harassment. A video shows the chairman of the county Board of Supervisors talking with the woman, and when she turns to walk away, he pats her on the bottom. The woman has a disgusted look on her face as she leaves.
An Ohio man was arrested in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday after a non-profit biker group based in Indiana reported to police that he tried to meet up with a 13-year-old girl for sex.
Traffic cameras at two intersections in Marion issued more than 1,200 citations in the first 30 days after the trial period for the cameras ended.
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