David Costello, 26, is accused of igniting a propane torch head near a natural gas supply line he had opened. A Monticello police officer and a deputy were “consumed in a flash fire” from the resulting explosion.
A jury found Steven Vogel, 32, of Grinnell, guilty of first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in the death of Michael Williams, 44, whose body was found burning in a rural Jasper County ditch on Sept. 16, 2020.
During July and August, Iowa DNR officials noticed an uptick in the number of illegal fires being set in parking lots, fields, and woodlands located within the 14,000-acre Hawkeye Wildlife Area.
The neon-lit car went up in smoke on Monday night
Two Jones County deputies and three Anamosa police officers are now on paid administrative leave.
Everyone in the home in the home in the 2100 block of 13th Street in Coralville safely escaped a 4 a.m. fire. They were alerted to the fire by smoke detectors.
Authorities are investigating after a 59-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene of an early morning fire in Swisher.
The occupants of a home that caught fire Sunday were able to safely escape the blaze, authorities said.
The shed fire is the 11th fire in Cedar Rapids to be attributed to the illegal discharge of fireworks within city limits since July 2, the fire department said.
The Coralville Fire Department responded to a fire at Perkins around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday.
The fire early Wednesday in Des Moines destroyed a memorial created last summer by the Des Moines Black Liberation Movement. It honored Black Iowa youth who have died in recent years.
A tornado damaged several buildings and knocked down power lines and trees in Eastern Iowa Sunday night.
Crews found smoke and flames coming from pallets containing shavings of zinc, copper, and other metals.
Fire at Riverview Plaza Condominiums ruled accidental but investigation continues
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