A Cedar Rapids man charged in Chris Bagley’s fatal stabbing will ask judge to move trial out of Linn County based on social media posts. Prosecutor says there’s no Iowa law that addresses social media in regards to change of venue motion.
Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for driving drunk and striking two pedestrians, killing one of them, last November.
The state of Iowa will provide “contemporaneous” access to newly filed civil court cases to settle a lawsuit that accused the state of violating the First Amendment by delaying access to those filings, the Des Moines Register reported Monday.
The Iowa City Police Department is investigating a stabbing that happened over the weekend and has asked for the public’s help to identify a possible witness.
A Cedar Rapids physician accused of sexually exploiting a patient has been granted probation and will not be placed on the state’s sex-offender registry.
‘I wish I could remember that day,’ his daughter, now 42, says
A judge convicts a Cedar Rapids man of second-degree murder for fatally assaulting mother. His bench trial was in November and the judge announced his verdict Friday. The man faces up to 50 years in prison.
The justices took the case of Mark Pulsifer, an Iowa man who was convicted of distributing at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, to settle a dispute among federal courts over the meaning of the word “and” in a muddy provision of the 2018 First Step Act.
Tara Dutcher, charged with disorderly conduct and interference with police during a protest last fall, took the stand earlier Wednesday, saying they didn’t block traffic in the lane that police attempted to open for traffic.
Duval Walker was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder and going armed with intent on March 13, 2024 in Linn County District Court in connection with the March 17, 2023 shooting death of Cameron Barnes at Cocktails & Company in Marion. Sentencing is scheduled for April 26.
The city of University Heights is working to install speed enforcement cameras on Melrose Avenue and Koser Avenue, the two main east/west thoroughfares through the city, which is surrounded by Iowa City.
University of Iowa police testified a Coralville transgender activist encouraged others to block traffic last fall during a campus protest. The protesters wouldn’t move to allow them to clear one lane of traffic for drivers to leave an event at the Iowa Memorial Union.
Duval Walker’s former girlfriend and mother of four of his kids testified the man Walker is accused of killing harassed her and brandished a gun during an incident in 2022. Closing arguments in the first-degree murder trial will be Tuesday afternoon.
Marion Sgt. Nicole Hotz breaks down surveillance video of fist fight that turns into fatal shooting last St. Patrick’s Day at Marion bar.
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