Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks knew the sex abuse cases usually took longer to move through the system, but when he started looking at the data it was more “compelling” than he thought. There are 80 open cases - four have been pending since 2021 and 12 since 2023. He asked the court if they could work together to speed up the process.
A Cedar Rapids man who was charged in 2022 with multiple charges of sexual abuse of three children pleaded Friday and faces up to 30 years in prison.
The suit, filed by Gov. Kim Reynolds and announced by her office Friday, aims to stop the release of several office communications to the Des Moines Register on the grounds of “executive privilege.”
Video shows a Central City man driving through two backyards in Marion, striking fences and a play set. He’s now been identified and charged with failure to maintain control and striking fixtures upon a highway.
The owner and managers of Hawkeye Waste Systems are facing a felony charge after an investigation into the 2024 death of an employee revealed the company did not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by Iowa law.
The arrest marks an escalation in the Trump administration’s fight with the judiciary over the White House's sweeping immigration enforcement policies. The Justice Department had previously signaled that it was going to crack down on local officials thwarting federal immigration efforts.
The information technology director for Clayton County was arrested Wednesday on charges that he had almost 5,000 pictures and videos of child pornography on his laptop. The county supervisors voted Thursday to fire him.
Linn County Board of Supervisors approved a settlement Wednesday in a sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by a former legal assistant against the county and initially against Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks. Maybanks and another prosecutor were dismissed from the suit before the settlement was approved.
Lightning strikes caused fires in 2023 and 2024 that scattered debris and damaged his crops, farmer near Mechanicsville says.
The mother of Myron Snyder Jr., 21, said her grief is “just as bad” as the night her son was fatally shot while making a DoorDash delivery on Oct. 5, 2023. She said “not everything happens for a reason” because this was a “senseless, horrific and life-changing crime.”
State charges will be dropped against a Nevada man accused of stalking and threatening his ex-fiancee, including to kill her and others during the upcoming ISU graduation ceremony in Ames. A state prosecutor said federal charges will be filed against the man. No indictment or charges have been filed at this time.
An Iowa City man was arrested over the weekend on charges that he conspired with another man — who has already pleaded guilty to his own theft charges — to steal more than $5,000 from the other man’s co-workers.
A Solon woman was arrested Monday on charges that she stole more than $50,000 from Budget Rental Iowa City, where she worked as a manager, by altering rental agreements and receiving payments on her personal accounts.
The father of a woman, who was sexually assaulted in her home in Iowa City three years ago, spoke to her attacker Monday as the man was sentenced to 50 years in prison, on top of the 100 years he is already serving for similar attacks in Black Hawk County.
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