A Tiffin man was arrested Sunday and charged with breaking into and vandalizing the Veteran’s Memorial stadium, home of the Cedar Rapids Kernels, this weekend.
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A Tiffin man was arrested Sunday and charged with breaking into and vandalizing the Veteran’s Memorial stadium, home of the Cedar Rapids Kernels, this weekend.
A former Center Point-Urbana teacher pleads to lesser charge for inappropriate touching and texting of his 13-year-old student. He faces 2 years in prison.
Ruling sets standard for government, advocates say
A North Liberty man faces life in prison without parole after being found guilty of helping his girlfriend suffocate her stepmother with a pillow last year.
An Iowa City man was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison for attempting to kill ex-girlfriend, her boyfriend and 3 kids by setting a blaze with lighter fluid inside her apartment.
A grieving daughter chastised her father’s killer at his Friday sentencing for sending a hurtful and nasty letter to her family, saying he did them a favor by killing their loved one. Conklin was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
An Iowa man pleaded guilty Thursday to threatening two Arizona officials in messages that mentioned discredited allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
A pilot civil specialty court will start next month in Johnson County to help individuals who were involuntarily committed be successful on their own in the community. The court sessions will ensure participants continue their meds, treatment and receive other needed supports.
The Snapchat video of a North Liberty man, on trial this week for first-degree murder, and his girlfriend saying “we killed” her stepmother in July 2022, was played for the jury Thursday in Benton County District Court in Vinton.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday after police say he stabbed his ex-girlfriend multiple times and hit her with the claw side of a hammer.
A Cedar Rapids man who intentionally set fire to a house and left 15 animals inside to die was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison.
A prosecutor says motive for North Liberty man helping his girlfriend kill her stepmother in 2022 was money. They also left behind evidence of Snapchat video about suffocating her with a pillow.
Gov. Kim Reynolds has asked the court to allow a court-blocked 2018 law to go into effect; abortion rights groups argue the law should remain blocked.
Security systems using doorbell and home surveillance cameras have become more common and are frequently used in police investigations. In Cedar Rapids, community members can register their doorbell cameras to let police know where they might find video of a crime scene.
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