Judge waives 16-year-old into adult court for his participation in fatal shooting of another 16-year-old in February. Details during hearing reveal the three charged Michael McCune was targeted because others had “beef” with him.
A judge ruled H-Bar violated a temporary injunction by staying open after 2 a.m. on four occasions and found the owners in contempt. They must pay $500 for each of the four violations.
A man was arrested last week in relation to a shooting during a birthday party in October 2021 in a Cedar Rapids hotel.
An Iowa City man was arrested in Boulder, Colo., Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service in relation to a shots-fired incident in Iowa City in February, according to a news release from the Iowa City Police Department.
A second man has been arrested in relation to a shooting in Iowa City last weekend that left one person injured, according to a news release from the Iowa City Police Department.
The families of two teens shot to death in a Des Moines alternative education program have filed a lawsuit alleging the program and its founder were negligent in not keeping the premises safe.
An Iowa City man has been arrested in relation to a shooting that happened over the weekend by the Clock Tower Parking Ramp in Iowa City, according to police.
A Sumner woman was arrested May 9 and charged with two counts of child endangerment after Fayette County Sheriff’s Office deputies found her two children abandoned in “an unlivable home,” according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
Multiple shots fired in incident which seriously injured a man
Julia Davis, sister of Carrie Davis, who was fatally stabbed in 2017, said she hopes the killer’s 50-year sentence will be final this time. Greg Davis was sentenced for the second time, after his first conviction was overturned in 2020.
The Iowa Supreme Court declined to rule on the state’s appeal, saying the question is moot since Medicaid has been complying with a lower court’s 2021 ruling to pay for gender transition care
A 17-year-old who was killed in a shooting Wednesday night has been identified as Cristian Upah, of Marion, according to Cedar Rapids police.
A criminal complaint for Lima Khairi Mohammad Younes, 45, of Sutherland, Iowa, reveals how she and her husband, Alfred Younes, sold one of their vehicles for $20,000 on May 3 and then rented a Chrysler Pacifica to take their son, Ali Younes, charged with attempted murder, first-degree robbery and first-degree theft, to O’Hare Airport in Chicago
The lawsuit alleges the Reynolds administration violated Iowa’s Employment Security law.
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