Police in Cedar Rapids are investigating an early Sunday incident in which shots were fired in the 200 block of Second Avenue SE.
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Police in Cedar Rapids are investigating an early Sunday incident in which shots were fired in the 200 block of Second Avenue SE.
The Iowa Supreme Court will allow families of four Tyson Waterloo plant workers who died of COVID in 2020 to go forward with negligence suits against executives and supervisiors, but not against the company.
Three new sexual exploitation charges were filed this week against a former University of Iowa social worker who previously has been charged with multiple counts of sexually exploiting his patients.
Johnson County filed an injunction against Hawkeye Waste Systems to stop operating the business and its affiliated companies because none of the companies have workers’ comp insurance. The owner and managers were charged last month in the case following an investigation of an employee being crushed by a skid loader in 2024.
Aisha Ahmad Nyala will have to spend a year in a residential correctional facility and will be on supervised probation for up to five years.
A Colorado man who threatened an Iowa City bank teller with a gun was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a January robbery. He attempted to withdraw his plea made in March, but the judge denied it.
A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested last week on charges that she misused Social Security deposits and stole thousands of dollars from a disabled woman for whom who she was the legal guardian for more than 10 years.
A professional hunter is suing a state Department of Natural Resources officer whose alleged false claims damaged his business and reputation.
The Urbana City Council held a special meeting Monday to vote on whether to terminate the contract of Police Chief Josh Baker, who has been on paid leave for more than a year and has sued the city.
An Iowa City man was arrested Sunday night on charges that he attempted to entice a 10-year-old child to have sex with him.
Family of Jennifer Russell, 22, of Waterloo, asked a judge Monday to sentence an Iowa City teen to 10 years in prison for killing their loved one in a drag racing crash in May of 2023.
A Cedar Rapids man was shot to death in Minneapolis last week after a fight inside a vehicle, according to press releases from the Minneapolis Police Department and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.
Greenpeace wants a North Dakota judge to reduce the nearly $667 million in damages it was ordered to pay the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline in March, arguing that the award is excessive and unreasonable.
The University of Iowa College of Law Prosecutor Intern Program has created a pipeline for future prosecutors and judges across the state. It’s a unique program that allows students to prosecute simple misdemeanors. Some even get the opportunity to work with a county attorney on a felony trial.
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