FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) — The trial for a 16-year-old teen accused of killing his high school Spanish teacher will be held in Council Bluffs in western Iowa, a state court judge said Monday.
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FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) — The trial for a 16-year-old teen accused of killing his high school Spanish teacher will be held in Council Bluffs in western Iowa, a state court judge said Monday.
The Cedar Rapids man convicted in July 2021 of the second-degree murder of Chris Bagley has pleaded guilty in federal court to being a drug user in possession of a firearm.
Iowa City police say they are reviewing an arrest made Friday, partially caught on a bystander’s video, of a woman accused of biting a deputy and attempting to disarm an officer.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday for stabbing another man following an argument and attempting to elude police. According …
A man who fatally shot two women before killing himself in the parking lot of an Iowa church had been romantically involved with one of the women and faced a court hearing next week on a charge of harassing her, investigators said Friday.
The former sheriff’s deputy deputy allegedly asked to see a woman’s breasts during a traffic stop and implied he wouldn’t give her a ticket if she agreed
The man and woman each face one count of first-degree theft after they allegedly charged a Cedar Rapids homeowner $30,540 for a new roof, solar panels and other home repairs which were never completed.
A judge denied a request Friday to reduce the bond for a Cedar Rapids man accused of beating a woman to death
Joshua Dabusu hopes to make policing more accessible to immigrants and refugees in Iowa City in his new role as the community outreach assistant.
Johnathan Lee Whitlatch, 33, of Boone, pulled up in a pickup truck next to 22-year-old Eden Montang, 21-year-old Vivian Flores and another woman just before 7 p.m. Thursday outside Cornerstone Church on the outskirts of Ames and began shooting with a 9 mm handgun. Both victims were Iowa State students, authorities say.
The alleged victims were two 15-year-old girls, authorities said.
A woman was arrested Monday as a getaway driver in a shooting in April near the Cedar Rapids Hy-Vee. Bullets struck the grocery store.
A gunman carrying a rifle and a handgun killed four people Wednesday at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus, police said, the latest in a series of deadly mass shootings across the country in recent weeks.
Lawyers for Willard Noble Chaiden Miller, 16, filed a request last month for a change of venue. Prosecutors did not object.
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