A school resource officer at Polk Alternative makes small, positive impacts daily - like making sure the students get new shoes or taking the time to let a kid blow off steam and then find a possible solution, instead of getting in a fight.
Justin Wright was found guilty of first-degree murder in April in the death of 20-year-old Wilanna Bibbs in Davenport.
Gregory Sills assaulted drug informant in Linn County Jail last May
A third person has been arrested in relation to a stabbing outside an Iowa City bar in May.
She forged checks and stole stock annuities from two elderly relatives, and now must pay over $400,000 in restitution.
Black students in Cedar Rapids high schools continue to be disproportionately charged
A carbon dioxide pipeline company did not properly notify a pair of northwest Iowa landowners before it sought to survey their farmland, a state district court judge has concluded.
A Marion man was sentenced in Linn County to the maximum term of eight years in prison for possessing child porn.
Police have identified a man killed in a shooting in Cedar Rapids Sunday as Kenyauta Vesey-Keith, 23.
A Hiawatha man was convicted of lesser charges for shooting at his ex-girlfriend, who was in her SUV with their 5-year-old son.
A judge set a $2 million bail for a 15-year-old charged in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Michael McCune in February. He is being prosecuted as a youthful offender, which delays his sentencing until he turns 18.
A 23-year-old man died Sunday after being shot in southeast Cedar Rapids in what police say “appears to be a targeted incident.”
A 15-year-old Cedar Rapids juvenile will face a first-degree murder charge in adult court, accused of fatally shooting Michael McCune, 16, in February, in Cedar Rapids. A pending plea deal will allow the teen to be sent to a juvenile facility until he turns 18.
The Iowa Supreme Court says a former Division of Criminal Investigation agent who alleged he was fired in 2013 for being a whistleblower can’t retroactively seek extra civil damages.
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