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.
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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.
Former Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich talks about the new documentary and the incredible story of the 2010 Iowa Lottery fraud case
To resolve 2023 lawsuit, new services will be offered to children in the state with serious emotional and behavioral conditions.
The child was in another apartment, but the mother had to be rescued from a bathroom window. She told police she planned to kill herself and her child.
A bitcoin company is granted an appeal for over $28,000 in seized cash retrieved from bitcoin ATMs last year. The cash was seized in a fraud investigation. A district court judge had ordered the money to be returned to the alleged fraud victims -- but the Iowa Supreme Court disagreed.
But the state must allow nonmandatory programs like LGBTQ student groups.
A federal judge has made more permanent an initial temporary restraining order she issued last month blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from terminating the status of four University of Iowa international students by granting a preliminary injunction through the summation of their case.
A New York man who sent sexually explicit photos and asked for some in exchange from a person he believed was a 14-year-old girl on an dating app last August has pleaded guilty. He faces up to 10 years in prison.
An Iowa City man was sentenced to nearly 17 years in federal prison for distributing and receiving child porn. He electronic devices contained “hundreds” of images, including children under age 1.
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