Iowans are summoned each year to serve on juries in the county where they live, but how is someone selected to fulfill this civic duty? And how often will they have to serve? These are questions court clerks receive every day.
DNA tests revealed that two West Branch cattle farmers put forth an impostor Wagyu bull for breeding. The whereabouts of the original, prized bull are unknown.
Trials will go forward for a Hiawatha man and a Cedar Rapids woman accused of bringing a minor from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids in May and forcing her into prostitution.
The outcome cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.
The city of Cedar Rapids saw a notable decrease in 2024 in cases of violent crime — including murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault — and police are anticipating similar numbers in 2025 with the help of increased technology use, including the addition of several license plate reading cameras to the city.
City council members could face fines of up to $500 apiece for violating the state’s open meetings law in 2021, following a recent Iowa Court of Appeals decision.
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the three first-degree murder convictions for Alexander Jackson, who killed his parents and teen sister in 2021. The court denied his arguments, saying there was “overwhelming” evidence to convict.
An Iowa City man faces up to 20 years in prison for the armed robbery of a Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust branch in Jaruary 2024. Tellers gave him marked bills after he pointed a gun at them. He also was indicted on federal charges, some stemming from the state court case.
A Cedar Rapids man pleaded to child endangerment charges for breaking his infant son’s ribs, legs and holding his throat, preventing him from breathing because the child wouldn’t stop crying. He admitted to police multiple acts of physical abuse. He faces up to 35 years in prison.
An Iowa City man has been charged with domestic abuse in an assault that happened Monday morning, hours before a woman he lived with was found dead in circumstances police say are “suspicious.” Police have not said whether they believe the domestic abuse is related to the woman’s death.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Monday on charges that he lit a fire in a motel, was taken to a hospital, and then lit a fire in the hospital.
Baynon Berry, now 17, pleads to second-degree murder for fatally shooting Michael McCune, 16, on Feb. 18, 2023 in northwest Cedar Rapids. He conspired with three others to kill McCune over past rival gang and state training school conflicts, prosecutors said.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday on charges that he sexually abused a 7-year-old girl nineteen years ago.
A juvenile was injured Friday in a shooting in northeast Cedar Rapids according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
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