The suit was filed in December 2021 after the governor’s office had failed to respond for up to 18 months to records requests from three separate organizations.
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The suit was filed in December 2021 after the governor’s office had failed to respond for up to 18 months to records requests from three separate organizations.
A Marengo man pleaded to lesser charges and was sentenced to 15 years for a fatal crash in 2020. He was intoxicated and crossed the centerline on Highway 151 in Walford, striking a vehicle driven by Erik Halvorson, 32, of Cedar Rapids.
A Marion man was convicted for a second time for killing his girlfriend and concealing her body in a roll of carpet. Greg Davis waived a jury trial and a judge found him guilty of a lesser charge, second-degree murder.
New program brings students in Coe’s social and criminal justice program and incarcerated students together to learn from each other.
The Marion City Council discussed during a work session Tuesday the possibility of adding traffic cameras at certain intersections in the city, as a way of helping with the Marion Police staffing shortage.
Stanley Donahue was convicted on all 10 charges for robbing a Casey’s in June 2021 and shooting and seriously injuring a Linn County Sheriff’s Deputy William Halverson. Donahue laughed when the guilty verdicts were read and told Halverson, as he left court, “It should of been worse than it was.”
The jury started deliberations Monday afternoon
Prosecutor said there’s no doubt Stanley Donahue was the man who robbed the Casey’s in Coggon June 20, 2021, and shot the deputy seven times. Defense argued there is reasonable doubt, and repeatedly said Donahue’s brother could be a suspect.
A Cedar Rapids 16-year-old is accused of shooting multiple times at other individuals Saturday, according to a criminal complaint. The complaint doesn’t state whether his arrest is related to the fatal shooting of another juvenile in the same area also Saturday.
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Marshawn Jackson was sentenced to 27 years for fatally shooting Illinois 15-year-old girl during a gun deal. Jackson pleaded to voluntary manslaughter and other charges. This sentence runs consecutively to a five-year sentence for trafficking in stolen weapons.
Cedar Rapids School District and Cedar Rapids police officials are optimistic about the impact of contract changes made last summer for school resource officers — despite an increase in student arrests.
At 6:16 p.m., police were made aware of the threat in the automotive service section of the business.
Under Senate Study Bill 1123, Department of Correctional Services directors would report to Corrections Director Beth Skinner. not regional boards. Skinner told lawmakers earlier this month the changes would save the state millions of dollars, but her office has not made public a consultant report they say provides information about the cost savings.
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