The Iowa Department of Public Safety is asking the Iowa Legislature for $385,000 to take the “final steps” in outfitting all Iowa State Patrol troopers with body cameras.
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The Iowa Department of Public Safety is asking the Iowa Legislature for $385,000 to take the “final steps” in outfitting all Iowa State Patrol troopers with body cameras.
A Cedar Rapids man who pleaded guilty in 2021 to a 2020 robbery at a liquor store has now been charged with attempted murder in relation to a shooting that took place 30 minutes before the robbery.
Judge lowers bail for a former Linn-Mar track coach charged with sexually abusing two male students. Bail was lowered from $65,000 to $30,000 and only 10 percent has to be paid to be released.
A Swisher woman was arrested Wednesday morning on charges she forged several checks in the name of an elderly patient for whom she was the primary caregiver, and used the patient’s Amazon account.
6th Judicial District Judge David Cox, who has juggled two jobs and leadership roles, looks forward to focusing on one job and serving his community.
An Illinois business owner was convicted of fraud and money laundering for swindling University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics out of $2.6 million in personal protective equipment it never received.
Linn County Jail inmates who had their sentences postponed in March 2020 in response to COVID-19 have been returning to the jail to finish serving their time.
One of the Fairfield teens charged with killing their Spanish teacher is asking a judge to ban the public, including media, from a hearing later this month. The hearing is for a reverse waiver, in which the teens are asking the court to move their cases to juvenile court.
Man identified through genetic genealogy was murdered a few months after woman died
The Marion Police Department and Hiawatha Police Department together will be spending more than $1 million over the next few years on a more efficient records management system.
The trial for Alexander Jackson, accused of fatally shooting his parents and sister last June, will not go in April. It will be bumped out, possibly past the one year anniversary of the fatal shootings. His lawyers also plan to ask for a change of venue.
The family of a correctional officer who was killed by two inmates at Anamosa State Penitentiary last year, helped introduce two bills in the Iowa Legislature that would give correctional workers more rights and provide for their families in the event of their death.
A Cedar Rapids man, who beat a man with a vacuum attachment, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was ordered to pay $1,125 in victim restitution.
A Coralville man pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and unintentionally causing the death of Dawn Stout, 40, of Cedar Rapids, April 1, 2020. He passed another car in a construction area near Palo and crash head-on into a car driven by Stout. Stout died at the scene.
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