According to the police report, the warden said nurses reported Bayati appeared to be intoxicated and had just completed a root canal on a patient.
Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch News Dec. 24, 2025 11:04 am39d ago
According to the police report, the warden said nurses reported Bayati appeared to be intoxicated and had just completed a root canal on a patient.
By Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch Crime & Courts Dec. 27, 2025 4:21 pm36d ago
Animal-welfare group says Steve Kruse, of West Point, still is selling dogs and has ramped up the illegal practice of puppy laundering.
Crime & Courts Dec. 23, 2025 12:00 pm40d ago
Two Cedar Rapids men said they are grateful to Linn County Drug Treatment Court for giving them a foundation to build new sober lives. The two were among six who graduated last week. The court started in 2007 and has graduated more than 100 participants.
By Tony Leys, - KFF Health News
Crime & Courts Dec. 23, 2025 7:39 am40d ago
The attorneys’ goals include ensuring that people with disabilities have the services they need to live in their own homes, instead of having to move into nursing homes or other types of institutions, said a health law professor who helped lead such efforts under Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
Crime & Courts Dec. 22, 2025 8:13 pm41d ago
The Rapid City hotel’s owner in 2022 said Native Americans were banned from the establishment.
Crime & Courts Dec. 19, 2025 8:21 am44d ago
A man from Quebec, Canada was arrested Wednesday on charges that he placed credit card scanners on the registers at two Family Dollar Stores in Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
Crime & Courts Dec. 18, 2025 1:43 pm45d ago
A North Liberty man, who was convicted in Black Hawk and Johnson counties for sexual assaults and robbery, pleaded Thursday to kidnapping and robbery charges in an attempt to sexual assault a woman in Linn County in 2023.
Local Government Dec. 17, 2025 5:44 pm46d ago
The state is asking Johnson County District Court to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges a new law requiring three Iowa counties to change how their supervisors are elected is unconstitutional.
Crime & Courts Dec. 18, 2025 8:12 am45d ago
A former UI machine shop manager who diverted thousands in production from the university to his own similar business was granted a deferred judgment and three years probation. He previously pleaded to first-degree theft and first-degree fraudulent practice.
By Clark Kauffman, - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Crime & Courts Dec. 17, 2025 7:55 am46d ago
Animal Eye Consultants of Iowa, in Hiawatha, is suing Sentinel Insurance Co. in U.S. District Court, alleging breach of contract and bad faith.
Crime & Courts Dec. 16, 2025 5:37 pm47d ago
The Iowa City Police Department is seeking the public’s help in the investigation of a homicide that happened almost a year ago, on Dec. 30, 2024.
Crime & Courts Dec. 16, 2025 7:44 am47d ago
One man was injured in a shooting Saturday in southwest Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and MIKE BALSAMO - Associated Press
Crime & Courts Dec. 15, 2025 3:07 pm48d ago
It was not immediately clear what charges Nick Reiner, 32, would face. Online records show he remained in jail on Monday. Police Chief Jim McDonnell said he is being held on $4 million bail.
Crime & Courts Dec. 15, 2025 8:09 am48d ago
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