The charges reveal for the first time what police believe happened the evening that Gabriel Heefner, a lance corporal in the U.S. Marines, was found in a crashed car in the residential neighborhood with a gunshot wound to the head
Fayette County man killed in farming accident near Clermont.
16-year-olds Willard Noble Chaiden Miller and Jeremy Everett Goodale are accused of killing Nohema Graber, 66, a Fairfield High School Spanish class teacher.
A defiant Gov. Kim Reynolds promised “immediate” legal action to a Biden administration rule requiring larger businesses to have their employees get COVID-19 vaccinations or face regular workplace testing.
A 41-year-old former immigration attorney facing numerous theft charges in Colorado is being held in the Johnson County Jail in Iowa City, accused of fabricating a positive COVID test from the University of Iowa in an attempt to avoid a mandatory in-person court appearance in Boulder.
Lawsuit: 2 people killed in August 2020 collision on Mississippi RIver
A former assistant track coach at Linn-Mar High School and owner of a high school sports photography service answered to two more charges Tuesday alleging he molested a second victim.
A 22-year-old Cedar Rapids man is facing felony robbery and trafficking of stolen weapons charges after Iowa City police say he robbed someone at a Kum & Go near the University of Iowa campus in the early morning hours of Oct. 3.
Police investigating 2 separate shootings Saturday in the city that led to injuries.
A Davenport woman is accused of lighting a fire in the back seat of a patrol car in Scott County while being transported to the Linn County Correctional Center.
An Iowa City man pleads to lesser charges and faces little prison time in fatal Christmas shooting in 2019. Elijah McAbee admitted to shooting a witness who was with fatal victim, Gregory Jackson.
Authorities have text messages that corroborate the teen’s account of the incidents. If convicted, the 27-year-old man faces up to 30 years in prison.
Dewey Dale Wilfong III, 28, was shot by a Tama County deputy Thursday evening after officers responded to a call of shots being fired.
Two Cedar Rapids women are accused of breaking into a Marion apartment Oct. 16 and using a metal pole to beat up a woman.
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