The Sac County Sheriff's Office said the pigs had been dead for at least a week and had no access to food or water.
AP Crime & Courts Jul. 3, 2022 12:01 pm1312d ago
The Sac County Sheriff's Office said the pigs had been dead for at least a week and had no access to food or water.
The Gazette Crime & Courts Jul. 3, 2022 11:53 am1312d ago
On Tuesday, about two blocks away from Saturday’s shooting, officers found a juvenile who was suffering from a gunshot wound in his foot.
Crime & Courts Jul. 1, 2022 5:32 pm1314d ago
The Montana man swindled over $15,000 from a Cedar Rapids derecho victim but never did the work and used the money for gambling.
Crime & Courts Jul. 3, 2022 7:58 am1312d ago
A former Cedar Rapids school mental health therapist/social worker has been sent to federal prison for having sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student.
Crime & Courts Jul. 1, 2022 7:02 pm1314d ago
An Iowa City charged with murdering his wife in 2019 will not go to trial July 12. The trial will be reset for a sixth time since 2020. He also asked the court, in a motion, to keep out any possible motive and investigators’ theories regarding him concealing his high risk loans and financial state of banking accounts from his wife.
Crime & Courts Jun. 30, 2022 3:06 pm1315d ago
The suit claims the Raging River ride was poorly and improperly maintained, staff wasn’t properly trained and blames management for allowing the ride to open July 3, 2021.
Crime & Courts Jun. 30, 2022 7:29 pm1315d ago
A Washington, Iowa, veterans’ organization, Healing at English River Outfitters - HERO, has completed its retreat lodge
Crime & Courts Jun. 29, 2022 5:32 pm1316d ago
A judge has delayed next week’s suppression hearing for a Fairfield teen accused of beating to death his teacher with a baseball bat. Prosecutors asked for the delay, noting defense lawyers would be taking depositions in August that might raise more suppression issues.
Crime & Courts Jun. 29, 2022 12:08 pm1316d ago
The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating two Tuesday evening shots fired incidents that resulted in non-life threatening injuries to two people, according to news releases from the department.
Crime & Courts Jun. 29, 2022 12:00 pm1316d ago
A Vinton man was arrested in Linn County Tuesday on charges that he sexually abuse a 5-year-old girl.
By Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch
News Jun. 29, 2022 7:52 pm1316d ago
A former Muscatine County jail administrator who was fired over his anti-Muslim and anti-gay writings is now suing the county.
Crime & Courts Jun. 29, 2022 6:00 am1316d ago
Prosecutors say Illinois authorities won’t release Cedar Rapids man charged in Taboo deadly shooting in April. He is being held at Stateville Prison in Joliet, Ill., on parole violations.
By Jeff Reinitz - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Crime & Courts Jun. 27, 2022 7:29 pm1318d ago
At a sentencing hearing for Michael Thomas Lang, 42, who a jury over a month ago convicted of first-degree murder, was handed a term of life in prison without parole for killing Smith during an April 2021 standoff at Lang’s Grundy Center home.
Crime & Courts Jun. 27, 2022 5:21 pm1318d ago
A judge Monday suspended proceedings against a Cedar Rapids man, charged with beating to death a woman with a board, until he undergoes a mental evaluation.
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