The administration has conceded that Abrego Garcia should not have been sent to El Salvador because an immigration judge found he likely would face persecution by local gangs.
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The administration has conceded that Abrego Garcia should not have been sent to El Salvador because an immigration judge found he likely would face persecution by local gangs.
A Johnson County jury deliberated for two hours Friday before convicting a Chicago man of sexually assaulting an Iowa City woman in 2018. He faces 10 years in prison.
A judge moved a wrongful death civil trial back to Polk County for Cedar Rapids parents who are suing Adventureland Park over son’s water raft death in 2021.
A Grimes man faces what will be a life sentence for trying to kill three Cedar Rapids police officers during a standoff at The Chelsea Apartments in February. He pleaded to 3 charges of attempted murder and faces 50 years, which is mandatory because the victims were officers.
In seeking its own batch of records from a bankrupt Mercy Iowa City — which last week won a court order for voluminous documents in its ongoing liquidation battle — the community hospital’s former managing affiliate MercyOne is airing new details about backroom discussions, discord, and deals that precipitated Mercy Iowa City’s downfall.
The victim of a shooting, for which a Cedar Rapids man was arrested Tuesday, was taken off life support and ‘remains in a comatose state,’ according to a criminal complaint filed March 28.
A Cedar Rapids man is facing multiple assault charges in relation to a series of attacks on individuals in the northwest quadrant of the city.
Iowa City police have arrested a man on murder charges after a fatal shooting last week on S. Gilbert Street.
A Cedar Rapids man has been charged with attempted murder after police say he shot another man in February.
A Hiawatha man, convicted for human trafficking a minor and sex abuse, received a temporary delay of being sentenced to life in prison without parole after he told a judge he had issues with his lawyers and wanted new counsel for sentencing. His sentencing will be reset.
The suit claimed the public school district’s policy that restricted bathroom use for transgender students and visitors was distressing and violated his rights. The dismissal follows the impending removal of ‘gender identity’ as a protected Iowa class.
A judge won’t dismiss a first-degree murder charge against Andrew Shaw, accused of hiring two men to fatally stab Chris Bagley in 2018. The judge also ruled in favor of the defense to exclude some testimony.
A Cedar Rapids man, whose three brothers were arrested last week on charges they unintentionally caused his death by tying him to a bed for multiple days, died from “complications of probably starvation and dehydration in a setting of physical restraint,” according to criminal complaints filed over the weekend.
An Anamosa man charged in the death of a Springville man after a crash two years ago has pleaded guilty to the charge of homicide by vehicle.
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