Multiple extension cords have been stolen in the last couple weeks from Christmas light displays in downtown Cedar Rapids and in the MedQuarter, according to Nikki Wilcox, the director of strategic developmet for the Cedar Rapids Economic Alliance.
Tobin allegedly had sex with the teen after she joined the department's ride-along program in 2021. He then exchanged nude photos with her, had her ask for naked photos of one of her friends, and showed her photos of other nude teenagers that were evidence in another criminal investigation.
A trespass charge was dropped Tuesday against a 92-year-old West Branch farmer accused of driving around barricades and through wet concrete on Herbert Hoover Highway. The highway damage was estimated at over $366,000.
Nine people have been charged after a protest in front of Kinnick Stadium on Saturday ended in arrests for trespassing.
Police received a 911 call about an attempted break-in at the church just after 5 a.m. When officers arrived, they found Gutgsell injured and a suspected attacker inside.
Cameras that can read license plates and automatically run them through police databases are becoming more common across the U.S., and raising concerns about privacy. They’ve started to pop up in Iowa in the recent years. The University of Iowa installed 28 cameras this year, and Marshalltown plans to add 32 in the near future.
A Cedar Rapids man charged with fatally stabbing Devonna Walker will ask the court to move his trial out of Linn County. His trial is set to start March 24.
A judge in Polk County moved a wrongful death trial to Scott over the Adventureland water raft ride that flipped over and killed 11-year-old Eastern Iowa boy in 2021. He said a fair and impartial jury couldn’t be selected in Polk because of pretrial publicity.
The sexual abuse happened multiple times between December 2022 and July 2023, when the child was under 14 years old, according to a criminal complaint.
Police say it’s because of the seriousness of the offenses students are committing.
A federal judge this week permanently barred two Iowa counties from enforcing their ordinances that restrict the placement of carbon dioxide pipelines.
Violent crime and gun violence in Cedar Rapids are down significantly from last year’s numbers, according to a report delivered by the interim police chief to a City Council committee.
A Coralville man, originally charged with attempted murder, pleads to lesser charges in July 4 shooting in Iowa City. He faces 25 years in prison.
Prosecutors allege Michael Butikofer, who operated an animal-feeding operation called Fawn Hollow, used “threats of violence, violence, and loss of employment or legal status” to keep foreign workers from blowing the whistle on a criminal enterprise in which he sold cattle belonging to other people for his own gain.
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