Drew Blahnik, 33, charged with first-degree murder, filed a petition to change his name to “Johnny Blahnik Church” but his lawyer, Leon Spies, stepped in and asked to delay hearing until after the murder trial.
An Ankeny man who was in custody in Chicago after police found a rifle with a laser sight in a hotel room that overlooks a Lake Michigan beach during the July Fourth weekend made bond and then proposed to his girlfriend upon his release.
Authorities on Wednesday night identified three people found dead in the northern Iowa city of Algona on Monday as two young brothers who were shot to death and another person who killed himself.
Davenport police found an ax and cleaning supplies in the trunk of Henry Dinkins' car. Blue light shone on the ax showed what officers believed to be blood.
Demetrius Huston-Stewart, 30, of Cedar Rapids, faces multiple animal neglect charges after authorities found a female pit bull terrier and six puppies starving and living in filthy conditions at his home.
Federal prosecutors ask for more time to work on plea negotiations with Cedar Rapids man charged in violent raid of U.S. Capitol
Michael James Constant was arrested and charged with animal abuse after he allegedly told an officer he had lost his temper with his girlfriend and threw her 5-pound Yorkshire terrier against a wall or door in the hallway of their apartment unit.
Andre Rockett has been charged with first-degree theft and is accused of accruing over $100,000 in medical debt during two separate visits to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
Derek Moulds allegedly entered a woman’s apartment and attacked her with a stun gun.
Investigators have identified the man and woman whose bodies were found Friday at Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area in Palo. According to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the man has been identified as Cody Michael Rhodes, 31, and Courtney Lynn Rhodes, 27.
The Iowa Supreme Court directed the court districts to start offering informal trials earlier this year to meet the demand of more people representing themselves, which has doubled in the last year or so.
Cedar Rapids man sentenced to 10 years for unintentionally causing the death of 18-year-old Marisa Doolin last year, and his probation was revoked in a previous conviction.
The documentary features family and friends of people who died by gun violence, police officers, educators and community members.
Traffic is blocked for motorists going from southbound Interstate 380 to Highway 30.
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