Mother of Brittany Hopkins, who was beaten to death by a Cedar Rapids man in February, said her daughter was a “bright and vibrant” woman, despite her mental and physical disabilities. She was loving mother to her three children and was looking forward to the birth of her son, who also died as a result of Hopkins’ murder.
A district judge has affirmed the validity of a state-issued gaming license for the Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment Center.
The trial of a former Marion man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a child between 2018 and 2021 has been bumped for the 11th time. This case is one of numerous Linn County sexual abuse cases that have been lingering in the system for more than a year.
A volunteer denied the allegations of child abuse and endangerment that emerged after a raid on the camp late last week.
The children had been attending the Kingdom Ministry of Rehabilitation and Recreation and the Shekinah Glory Camp in Louisa County when officials executed a search warrant based on reports of child abuse and endangerment.
A Marion man, who was convicted of vehicular homicide in the death of a Coggon mother and also caused permanent injuries to her toddler in 2013, asked a judge Monday to dismiss a new vehicular homicide charge filed after the child died last year.
During the search, police said they confirmed someone was in the woods and searched for hours, using a helicopter and officers on foot, until they found Boelter. He gave himself up to police, crawling out to officers in the woods before he was handcuffed and taken into custody in a field, authorities said.
An 18-year-old from Des Moines was arrested Friday in Linn County on charges that he abused two children while he was living in Cedar Rapids a few years ago.
A University of Northern Iowa employee is suing the institution after she was demoted from an assistant vice president position, alleging discrimination against her age that led to her taking a pay cut as well as her title and some duties being handed off to younger coworkers.
The Coralville Police Department released the name Friday of a man who was shot to death at a mobile home park in Coralville Wednesday evening.
A northwest Iowa man accused of cutting and stealing more than 50 trees from a public area — including a 175-year-old bur oak — owes about $58,000 in fines and restitution.
An Iowa Supreme Court ruling will allow a lawsuit, filed the family of a Fayette County mother and daughter who drowned while tubing after going over a low-head dam near Clermont in June 2020, to go forward. The court overturned a district court dismissal of their petition in 2023.
Keaton Scott Northup, an officer in the Waterloo Police Department, is accused of driving his motorcycle at speeds in excess of 100 mph and weaving in and out of traffic before the fatal crash. A blood test indicated his blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit.
Two drug traffickers distributed more than 100 pounds of meth in Iowa and they took a portion of that money — over $335,000 — to Jose Eladio Medina Valenzuela, who then worked with others to get the drug money to supply sources in Mexico.
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