A Dubuque County man was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for distributing child porn. He was nabbed after sending three videos to an undercover law enforcement officer.
Trish Mehaffey Crime & Courts Jul. 1, 2025 3:36 pm66d ago
A Dubuque County man was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for distributing child porn. He was nabbed after sending three videos to an undercover law enforcement officer.
Maya Marchel Hoff, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau Crime & Courts Jun. 30, 2025 7:21 pm67d ago
President Donald Trump, Iowa U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and a former state lawmaker refiled a lawsuit in state court against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register on Monday.
Crime & Courts Jul. 1, 2025 7:33 am66d ago
A federal judge granted a 2-week pause while a lawsuit is considered over a new state law that addresses pharmacy benefit managers, rural pharmacies and prescription drug costs
Crime & Courts Jul. 1, 2025 10:13 am66d ago
U.S. marshals from the southern and northern districts of Iowa and the central district of Illinois teamed up in May and with law enforcement agencies and the Iowa Department of Corrections to conduct a five-week fugitive operation, which resulted in 52 arrests.
Crime & Courts Jun. 30, 2025 4:00 pm67d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was charged last week with multiple counts of sexual abuse after police say he sexually abused a girl when she was younger than 12 and again when she was 13.
By REBECCA BOONE - Associated Press
Nation and World Jun. 30, 2025 3:01 pm67d ago
Authorities say two firefighters were killed and another was badly injured after they were ambushed and shot while responding to a wildfire near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
By Clark Kauffman, - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Crime & Courts Jul. 1, 2025 8:03 am66d ago
A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision dismissing a former prisoner’s claim for damages due to wrongful imprisonment.
Crime & Courts Jun. 30, 2025 3:12 pm67d ago
A Marion woman was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for falsely claiming her residence had damage from the derecho, and receiving small business loan funds for a business that did not exist.
Crime & Courts Jun. 30, 2025 4:03 pm67d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested over the weekend after police say he punched his girlfriend in the face, stabbed her multiple times with a screwdriver and held her against her will.
Crime & Courts Jun. 30, 2025 4:20 pm67d ago
An Iowa City man, who was previously convicted for enticing a minor, was sentenced to 10 years for enticing minors and sexually abusing one girl under the age of 13. The judge ran the recent sentence consecutively to his previous five-year sentence.
Crime & Courts Jun. 30, 2025 8:26 am67d ago
On July 1, Iowa will join 30 other states in outlawing any phone use while driving that isn’t hands-free. The law was passed earlier this year, and will replace Iowa’s current rules about phone usage while driving, which law enforcement officers say were difficult to enforce, since only texting was banned.
Crime & Courts Jul. 8, 2025 7:05 am60d ago
The case of the abduction of Jodi Huisentruit, a 27-year-old Mason City news anchor in 1995, remains unsolved 30 years later, but her family, friends and co-workers are still hopeful that police investigators will uncover what happened to her.
Crime & Courts Jun. 30, 2025 8:35 am67d ago
A woman was arrested in Linn County Friday in relation to a Cedar Rapids crash in May that caused a serious injury.
Crime & Courts Jun. 30, 2025 8:36 am67d ago
An Iowa City man, who fled to Jordan to avoid prosecution for attempted murder and other charges in May 2023, waived his right to a jury trial Friday and will have a bench — non-jury — trial on July 8 in Johnson County District Court.
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