Longtime law enforcement officer and peer support advocate Jeremy Sprague is set to join the department on Aug. 21.
Grace Nieland Local Government Jul. 21, 2025 2:59 pm195d ago
Longtime law enforcement officer and peer support advocate Jeremy Sprague is set to join the department on Aug. 21.
Emily Andersen Crime & Courts Jul. 21, 2025 12:19 pm196d ago
The pilot instructed passengers over the intercom to stay in their seats and follow flight attendant instructions, and also asked any passengers who were willing and able to help the flight attendants subdue Nikprelaj.
Crime & Courts Jul. 21, 2025 2:55 pm195d ago
A Marion man was arrested Saturday morning after police say he stabbed another man in the shoulder.
Crime & Courts Jul. 21, 2025 8:14 am196d ago
An investigation revealed a history of domestic abuse by an Iowa City man charged earlier this year with fatally assaulting the mother of his toddler.
Higher Ed Jul. 18, 2025 4:36 pm198d ago
The Department of Homeland Security should have raised its arguments sooner, according to a federal judge who in May granted a preliminary injunction the government now is fighting that prevents it from terminating the immigration status of four University of Iowa international students.
Government & Politics Jul. 21, 2025 8:38 am196d ago
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Friday that she would be dismissing a lawsuit filed in March against Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx that accused him of failing to comply with federal immigration enforcement.
State Government Jul. 21, 2025 8:40 am196d ago
A federal judge on Friday appeared to indicate she plans to grant a preliminary injunction against at least parts of the new law, which was designed to help small pharmacies and address prescription drug costs
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Crime & Courts Jul. 18, 2025 12:56 pm198d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday morning and charged with willful injury resulting in serious injury after an alleged stabbing on North 10th Avenue.
Crime & Courts Jul. 18, 2025 2:32 pm198d ago
A Nebraska man was arrested in Cedar Rapids Thursday evening after he caused a disturbance on a flight from Omaha to Detroit, resulting in the plane diverting to The Eastern Iowa Airport.
Crime & Courts Jul. 18, 2025 7:28 am199d ago
The trial for Logan Kimpton, accused of helping his roommate and another man kidnap, torture and strangle a Marion woman in 2024, has been reset.
Ashley Murray - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Federal Government Jul. 17, 2025 4:56 pm199d ago
A spokesperson for Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who chairs the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, told States Newsroom the panel approved Bove’s nomination in a 12-0 vote — that is, despite panel rules that state “at least two members of the minority” must be present to transact committee business.
Crime & Courts Jul. 17, 2025 3:35 pm199d ago
A stolen car was discovered Thursday morning in the Iowa River by the Curtis Bridge Boat Ramp, near North Liberty, according to a press release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
Crime & Courts Jul. 17, 2025 2:43 pm199d ago
A former western Iowa nurse was sentenced to over 3 years in federal prison for bank fraud, stealing drugs from nursing home patients and illegally possessing firearms.
Crime & Courts Jul. 17, 2025 3:38 pm199d ago
A Madrid, Iowa, man was arrested Wednesday in Johnson County on 53 counts of possessing a depiction of a minor in a sex act after a police search warrant revealed 53 pictures and videos saved to his phone, according to a criminal complaint.
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