Two Linn assistant prosecutors received service awards for their “grit, determination and goundbreaking“ work on murder and homicide cases. One received a staff merit award from the Iowa County Attorney’s Association and the other the Outstanding Anti-Trafficking Service Award from Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Sex abuse charges against a former Marion man were dropped because he was found dead in his residence in Missouri. He faced up to 22 years in prison.
The former superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools admitted to falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen on a federal form and illegally possessing firearms.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says bill proposed Wednesday could help solve cold cases, but legal justice advocates have privacy concerns
Ian Roberts is expected to plead guilty Thursday in federal court to charges that he falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen and illegally possessed firearms.
A federal judge ordered the Muscatine County Jail to release an ICE detainee who had been incarcerated for almost a year after a judge ruled in his favor on an asylum request.
The Coralville Police Department has released the identity of a woman who died Friday after being stabbed in the 2800 block of Spring Rose Circle.
A former Hiawatha woman grew up in an isolated, lonely environment where years of being molested by her father remained hidden until she had the courage to call police. After disclosing the sexual abuse and being shunned by her family, she left the home with only the clothes on her back when she turned 18.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office announced in December that it is the first sheriff’s office in Iowa to receive accreditation through the Iowa Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. What does that mean? And what did the process entail?
A Coralville man has been arrested in connection to a fatal Friday stabbing.
A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to more than 6 years in federal prison for trafficking meth. He was nabbed after selling drugs to an informant working with law enforcement.
A Cedar Rapids woman with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to over 6 years in federal prison for illegally having gun and drugs last year. Police found a stolen gun and meth during a traffic stop.
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has found the November officer-involved shooting of a wanted Waterloo man was justified.
The owner of Hawkeye Waste Systems Inc., who was operating the business without worker’s compensation insurance when an employer was crushed by a skid loader in 2024, was convicted Friday and faces up to five years in prison.
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