Prosecutors amended a first-degree murder charge to voluntary manslaughter for a Cedar Rapids man who shot another man three times during a fight.
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Prosecutors amended a first-degree murder charge to voluntary manslaughter for a Cedar Rapids man who shot another man three times during a fight.
Judge denies moving trial out of Linn Co. for 21-year-old charged with killing his parents and sister.
One of the Cedar Rapids men accused in the deadly nightclub shooting won’t go to trial until next year. Timothy Rush, who is charged with murder and 15 other charges, is accused of shooting girlfriend and injuring 6 others.
One of the Fairfield teens charged with killing a Spanish teacher wants a judge to suppress his statements made to police and to move his trial out of Jefferson County.
A 27-year-old Cedar Rapids man pleaded to sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl in two incidents. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Two Vinton juveniles are facing arson charges in relation to a fire at a town park that caused more than $200,000 worth of damage.
The woman who allegedly drove her SUV over the I-74 bridge pedestrian path early Sunday morning, killing one and injuring two others, faces 10 charges in Rock Island County court.
A Cedar Rapids man on probation for robbery and gun offenses has now been charged with another gun charge and police say he is connected to several shots fired incidents that have terrorized neighbors for months.
A judge in Linn and Johnson county says he has no idea why he was included among 963 Americans who are permanently banned from entering Russia. Judge Patrick Grady has never visited the country.
Judge sets $1.5 million bail for Cedar Rapids man charged with killing two men within 24 hours. Police haven’t provided possible motive for the fatal shootings.
An Iowa City man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he harbored runaway teenage girls, sexually abused them and supplied them with marijuana.
A man was a history of sexual assault convictions in Johnson County has now been charged with third-degree sexual abuse in Linn County in relation to an attack that happened in April 2021 in Cedar Rapids.
A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested Wednesday on a charge of Iowa Lottery Violation.
It will cost over $200,000 to rebuild a Vinton Park after it was burned down this weekend in an apparent arson, according to a video posted to Facebook by the director of the Vinton Parks and Recreation Department.
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