An Illinois woman was arrested Thursday in Linn County on charges that she stole more than $6,000 from two dependent adults for whom she was a caretaker.
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An Illinois woman was arrested Thursday in Linn County on charges that she stole more than $6,000 from two dependent adults for whom she was a caretaker.
County ordinances in Iowa that restrict the placement of carbon dioxide pipelines are overruled by the authority of state and federal regulators and cannot be enforced, a federal appeals court decided Thursday.
A Tiffin man was arrested this week on charges that he stole and resold about $60,000 worth of construction equipment and medical equipment while working as a contractor at the University of Iowa Hospital North Liberty Campus.
An Oelwein woman was arrested Tuesday after she admitted to police that she started a fire that burned down three houses, including her own residence.
The trial for a Cedar Rapids man accused of hiring two men to kill Chris Bagley will be delayed because a witness for the prosecution can’t testify in person next week because he’s under a chickenpox quarantine in federal prison. The judge denied a motion to have the witness testify by video.
The former owners of Adventureland Park reached a settlement with the parents of an 11-year-old boy who was killed in a water raft ride accident in 2021. Their 15-year-old son was also seriously injured, but survived.
The man facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with the 1983 death of Ronald Novak placed himself at the home where the death occurred, a criminal complaint released Saturday shows.
The 40-year-old went to a Cedar Rapids park earlier this year thinking he was going to meet a 14-year-old girl, criminal complaints say. He was met by police instead.
An 85-year-old Solon man who had gone out to work in his yard was found in a nearby pond several hours later.
Ron Novak’s body was found beaten, shot, and frozen in an unheated storeroom of his rural Walker home on Christmas Eve, 1983. On Wednesday, nearly 42 years later, the Linn County Sheriff’s Office announced it has arrested an Oregon man they believe was Novak’s killer — or, one of them.
A Chicago man was sentenced in Johnson County court Tuesday to 10 years in prison on a charge of third-degree sexual assault.
A Marion man who crashed into a vehicle, causing injuries to a woman that ended her pregnancy, is now facing indecent contact charges. He is accused of exposing himself to one child and having inappropriate contact with another.
An Anamosa man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for causing a fatal crash in February 2023 in Springville. He was intoxicated and crashed into a vehicle driven by a Springville man, who was only about a mile from his home.
An Iowa City man was arrested early Tuesday morning after police say he shot another man Monday night and escaped the scene on a stolen bike.
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