A Las Vegas-area elected public official was arrested Wednesday as the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a veteran newspaper reporter whose investigations of the official’s work preceded his primary loss in June.
A Cedar Rapids man who was shot by police officers on July 30 was released from the hospital and booked into the Linn County Correctional Center on Wednesday.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has identified two Cedar Rapids police officers who fatally shot a man on Aug. 30.
Attorneys in federal court on Tuesday debated the issues of bullying, harassment, parental rights, school obligations, and free speech in arguing for and against Linn-Mar's new policy aimed at protecting transgender and nonbinary students.
A former insurance agent is accused of using altered or false information when submitting an application for life insurance for a client.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a shots fired incident that happened in the 300 block of 16th Street SE Monday night, according to a news release from the department.
The new program manager for Foundation 2 emergency youth shelter came back to where she started her social work career. Shelby Holsapple enjoys connecting with kids and helping them learn to advocate for themselves.
A Coralville man was finally returned to Iowa on a governor’s warrant and was charged Saturday with first-degree murder and other charges in the Taboo shooting.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former state agency director who claimed Gov. Kim Reynolds fired him after he objected to her diverting federal Medicaid money to pay a member of her staff.
A Marion man, who had his conviction overturned on appeal, waived a jury trial for his retrial that starts Sept. 13 in Linn County District Court. He will claim insanity or diminished capacity.
A Cedar Rapids man pleaded to a lesser charge of distributing meth and faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and possibly up to life in federal prison. During a search last year, authorities found over 6 kilos of meth and over $460,000 in cash.
The newest trial date for 16-year-old Willard Miller is March 2023
Ex-president and financial director of defunct-GO Cedar Rapids pleaded guilty earlier to bank fraud in connection with the 2018 newbo evolve festival
Records show the FBI asked state intelligence officials in Iowa for help with Fog as it investigated potential participants in the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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