A former University of Northern Iowa student faces charges of threatening a dean and her husband and threatening to shoot a university staff member.
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A former University of Northern Iowa student faces charges of threatening a dean and her husband and threatening to shoot a university staff member.
Mélisse Brunet’s lawsuit, filed in Polk County District Court, alleges gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and unequal pay violations of the Iowa Civil Rights Act.
A 17-year-old was sentenced to 17 years in prison for shooting and injuring another man, who didn’t know him, in 2022. Police identified the teen through witnesses and surveillance video.
An Iowa Athletics assistant IT director was charged with sending pornographic photos and videos to a girl under 16, along with ‘hundreds’ of messages telling her he wanted to have sex with her.
A Cedar Rapids contractor scammed victims of the 2020 derecho and others by making promises of repair, getting down payments and then never doing the home repair work. One Cedar Rapids widow was conned out of more than $4,000, but he never repaired her roof.
A judge will allow a statements, including a confession, made by a Cedar Rapids man who is accused of trying to kill his ex-wife in 2020. Judge says he voluntarily waived his rights and didn’t seemed confused or upset during the interview.
A federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, rejecting the former president’s claims that he is immune from prosecution.
A former local union president pleaded guilty to bank fraud for embezzling money from the union to pay personal expenses, including a car loan and retail shopping. He faces up to 30 years in federal prison.
A Marion man was the last of 12 sentenced in a large Cedar Rapids meth trafficking ring. They were bringing in shipments from California and distributing to customers in the Cedar Rapids area from 2017 through 2022.
A Palo woman who is a certified voice writer is the first in the state and in the 6th district following the Iowa Supreme Court’s order that allows voice writers as court reporters. Court officials hope it will reduce the critical shortage. Voice writing is just another option which may come easier to some than typing on a steno machine.
Dianne Martin, daughter of finance manager, Fred Coste, 47, who was fatally stabbed in 1959, has gone through many emotions over the last 64 years, waiting for his killer to be caught. She is hoping Cedar Rapids police Investigator Matt Denlinger can get her the answers she needs to have peace.
A pregnant woman admitted to stabbing the father of her two children, but said they were in a physical fight at the time. She intially told police she heard him calling for help and found him outside with a stab wound.
Investigators find remains they believe to be of Craig Dee Smith, 40, of Ottumwa.
Iowa City parent who was armed and went to Grant Wood Elementary to confront principal about sending home his child from school, pleaded to carrying weapons and harassment charges. He faces up to 9 years in prison.
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