Excessive speed, distracted driving, impaired driving and not wearing seat belts are some of the motorist behaviors that pushed fatalities to 372 in 2023 so far -- up 10 percent from last year and well over five-year average.
The court said Wednesday it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling from groups seeking to keep Trump from appearing on the ballot.
An Iowa City man, who had a cardiac arrest during the City High Homecoming Parade in September, said he was lucky to have an officer with a paramedic background to save him. He will “never forget him.”
This year’s annual sock drive at the Johnson County Courthouse was dedicated to the memory of Kim Kurth, a court reporter for 33 years who’d retired in May and died of cancer in November. A record number of socks have been collected for donation to Iowa City nonprofits.
A northwest Iowa man, who was convicted last month of felony theft and 50 timber violations, argued that the Charter of the Forest of 1217, which established commoners’ rights to use public lands, applied to his case. The man admitted to cutting down and taking dozens of trees from a wildlife management area over the course of more than a year.
The crash with injuries happened outside 223 E. Post Rd., south of Indian Creak, near Cedar Rapids, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
The judge on Friday heard arguments from attorneys in two separate lawsuits challenging the new state law, which also bans the teaching of gender identity and sexual orientation through 6th grade.
A Bremer women who declared bankruptcy concealed $147,000 inheritance from her creditors was sentenced to 2 months in federal prison. A trustee discovered she had received the inheritance and she was required to pay her creditors.
Wilton man who solicited underage girls for sex online and sent them child porn was sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison. Two adult women posed as teens and were sent graphic photos by the man and admitted to soliciting them because he thought they were minors.
Trial for Andrew Shaw, accused of hiring two men to kill Chris Bagley in 2018, has been bumped to Jan. 23. Shaw had demanded his speedy right to trial.
Light displays in downtown Cedar Rapids will be turned back on now that an arrest has been made in relation to the thefts of power cords.
Judge Fae Hoover will take early retirement next month after serving 20 years on the bench and 34 years overall in the legal profession. She says 20 years is “long enough” on the bench and she is ready to step aside for the next generation.
Two Missouri residents are charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Shawn William Michael Kiger, 31, of Cedar Rapids, whose body was found in rural southeast Missouri this week. Kiger’s hands were bound behind his back and a sock was stuffed in his mouth.
A judge set a competency hearing for a 4-year-old child who a Coralville man is accused of sexually abusing. Jeffrey Dodds’ trial is set for March 19.
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