A Cedar Rapids man was charged last week in federal court with illegally copying and distributing movies and music worth …
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A Cedar Rapids man was charged last week in federal court with illegally copying and distributing movies and music worth …
A former driver’s education instructor whose license was suspended earlier this year continued to teach under another instructor’s identity, police …
The Iowa City man accused of robbing two banks in his neighborhood also will be charged in connection with last …
Two young boys died Monday after an ATV crash in rural Linn County. The boys were identified late Monday as …
Many questions remain in the deaths of four teens killed in a crash Saturday in Dubuque County. When those questions …
The Iowa City Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects in an early morning armed robbery. …
In a shift from previous policy, local sheriffs are no longer holding inmates at the request of Immigration and Customs …
The four people killed Saturday afternoon in a Dubuque County crash have been identified as 14-year-old boys from Epworth, Peosta …
Investigating child and sex abuse may not be most people’s idea of a dream job, but it’s all Marion Police …
An Iowa City man faces multiple felonies following an assault. The Iowa City Police Department responded to an assault in …
A Texas woman filed an amended federal lawsuit earlier this week, claiming she was sexually harassed and retaliated against while …
A jury found Kristen Smith guilty of kidnapping her infant nephew on Thursday afternoon. The federal trial for Smith began …
A North Liberty man faces a whopping 23 felony charges. Nathaniel Matiyabo, 28, of North Liberty, already was in custody …
Prosecutors in the kidnapping trial against a Colorado woman accused of taking her half-sister’s baby in the town of Beloit …
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