Federal prosecutors moved Monday to abandon the classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution.
Two people were found dead with gunshot wounds at a home in Springville Sunday, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
A West Liberty firefighter who says he was wrongfully arrested on a charge of harassing public officials and then fired over a separate allegation of sexual harassment is now suing the city for $155,000.
At issue: Are CO2 pipelines subject to local ordinances?
Federal sentencing for a former UI IT systems lead, who stole a California man’s identity 35 years ago when they worked together at a hotdog cart in New Mexico, has been reset to Jan. 31. He faces up to 32 years in prison.
A Marion man was arrested Sunday on charges that he stabbed another man multiple times and hit him in the head with a lead pipe, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department.
An employee at a senior living center in Coralville has been arrested and accused of giving a patient almost six times the amount of medication she was prescribed in order to sedate her.
The 21-year-old Riverdale man arrested early Friday as University of Iowa police investigated what appeared to be hazing in a fraternity basement repeatedly stood between officers and witnesses, telling police at one point, “You can (expletive) leave.”
Last week, Central State Bank, headquartered in Coralville, was sued over its alleged practice of imposing multiple overdraft fees on single transactions.
A judge gave a Cedar Rapids man with a lengthy history of assaults less prison time for trying to kill ex-girlfriend because of his age, back issues and because the judge said he didn’t believe the man was at risk to reoffend.
Relatives of Waterloo workers killed by virus seek to have lawsuit reinstated
The Iowa Appeals Court has upheld the sentence of a man charged with helping his son avoid an attempted murder and robbery trial in Iowa City by fleeing to Jordan. But the man was released on parole less than a year into a five-year sentence.
A Linn County jury, deliberating for less than two hours Thursday, convicted a Hiawatha man in the February kidnapping, torturing and stranglulation death of 20-year-old Melody Hoffman of Marion.
Jamercion Bush, 34, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree robbery, going armed with intent, felon in possession of a firearm and use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of a crime.
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