Communication a focus in drill at Clear Creek Amana High School
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Communication a focus in drill at Clear Creek Amana High School
Jury convicts Cedar Rapids man of attempting to kill his ex-girlfriend in 2022. Victim didn’t testify but her deposition was allowed at trial, where she described how he slashed her throat and stabbed her in the back.
A former Iowa City police officer who lost a lawsuit against the city in April, claiming he was coerced into resigning or be fired, is now suing the city in federal court, claiming racial discrimination.
A three-episode documentary series about a 12-year-old Iowa cold case is set to be released next week on HBO Max.
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.
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