A Marion woman who was kidnapped, stabbed and strangled to death in February was pregnant or had been recently pregnant before her death, according to information revealed during a Friday pretrial hearing in Linn County District Court. The lawyer for one of the men accused in that slaying asked a judge to keep that information out of trial.
The second lawsuit filed by the mother of Lorena Schulte, the nurse who was killed by Anamosa prison inmates in 2021, has been dismissed by judge for failing to exhaust administrative remedies with the state and missing deadlines.
The Iowa Supreme Court denied appeal for one Fairfield teen who killed their Spanish teacher in 2021 and asked the court to toss out the 35-year mandatory minimum of his life sentence.
A Cedar Rapids man who was arrested Wednesday after a shooting at Westdale Town Center fired his gun at someone who was driving away from the mall after a confrontation, according to a criminal complaint.
No injuries from the shooting were reported, but police said several businesses closed their doors during the incident to protest patrons.
The Iowa Supreme Court this week mulled a question at the heart of an Iowa State University professor’s lawsuit alleging decades of wage discrimination: how to interpret the law in a way that motivates fair compensation.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations has launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of different types of financial frauds and scams that have been increasing around the country.
A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested Tuesday on charges she abandoned two children on the side of a busy street, telling them that nobody loved them, records show.
The store manager of an Iowa City Jimmy John’s was arrested last week on a charge of second degree fraudulent practice after she lost more than $8,000 that belonged to the restaurant and tried to cover it up, authorities said.
Marion police have not been able to find evidence to back up a report that an open box cutter was thrown at a student during Linn-Mar High School’s Homecoming Parade, according to a news release from the police department.
A Hiawatha man was arrested Sunday on charges that he sexually abused a 9-year-old child at his residence in Hiawatha.
Carlos Garcia, charged in an Interstate 380 crash that killed Jeffery Lankford in 2022, is set for trial next month after the date has been continued multiple times. Garcia also picked up another charge for drugs while on pretrial release and remains in jail.
A judge has found a North Liberty man guilty of raping Waterloo and Cedar Falls women after breaking into their apartments in spring 2023.He is also set for trial, tentatively in January, on rape charges in a 2022 Iowa City attack.
Prosecutors say he and his brother attacked police officers at the U.S. Capitol.
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