An Anamosa Middle School gym teacher resigned last week after being charged with sexual exploitation of a 15-year-old student in 2014. The district’s superintendent said his resignation was accepted by the board Monday.
The family of a Cedar Rapids man who drowned last year while out on a rented boat in West Okoboji Lake filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week against Okoboji Boat Works, the boat rental company.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the settlement is the largest secured by a single state. In 2021, a judge approved a $650 million settlement with the company, formerly known as Facebook, over similar claims of users in Illinois.
During a chase, the man's vehicle left the road and came to a stop. Within seconds officers reported that shots were fired and that one of them had been shot.
A judge ruled Monday that prosecutors could use sworn testimony from a deposition of a woman authorities say was stabbed by her ex-boyfriend because prosecutors cannot find her as his attempted murder trial starts Tuesday in Linn County District Court.
Iowa offensive lineman Cade Borud was arrested early Saturday morning and faces a charge of operating while intoxicated.
An Iowa City man was charged last week with multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, after police say he filmed himself engaging in sex acts with multiple teenagers.
Ruling: State rules cleared up vagueness in new law
A former North Liberty mayor and council member was charged this week with enticing minor for sex, a felony.
Fourteen states currently have bans on abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with some exceptions; three ban it after about six weeks’ gestational age, before many women know they are pregnant, with a fourth such restriction, in Iowa, expected to take effect Monday.
Investigation by Omaha-based law firm found North Liberty police chief, after receiving no confidence vote from union in March, didn’t violate any laws, act maliciously or fail to protect officers. It did find that communication needed to improve and they needed to rebuild trust within the department.
2 are internal, 2 from other Iowa departments
Surveillance videos revealed more information of a masked armed robbery suspect, including a sinister clown tattoo on his leg, which helped police identify him last month. He is accused of robbing Kum & Go on Blairs Ferry Road in May.
An Anamosa Middle School gym teacher is accused of sending inappropriate messages to a 10th grader in 2014. When the messages first surfaced anonymously in 2018, he denied the accusation and suggested his ex-wife may have sent the messages. During a renewed investigation this year, she denied any involvement.
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