DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An judge on Friday set a hearing for January to consider whether to order prison for an 18-year-old sex-trafficking victim in Iowa who killed her rapist and pleaded guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury.
Articles Tagged: Iowa
The Gazette
Business News Nov. 17, 2022 10:29 am1107d ago
Though Iowa’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose to 2.9 percent in October, the state’s labor force participation rate stayed at 67.7 percent.
A house fire left four children dead and two people injured early Wednesday in northern Iowa.
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 13, 2022 8:59 am1111d ago
Of the four states with major voting law changes in effect, a preliminary analysis shows a decline in turnout among registered voters in Florida, Iowa and Texas, while Georgia turnout declined slightly. Several factors can affect turnout, including voter enthusiasm and bad weather.
News Nov. 8, 2022 10:23 pm1116d ago
WASHINGTON – With unofficial election results released by the county shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, Washington County appeared to follow …
News Nov. 8, 2022 2:26 pm1116d ago
The company is focusing on driver retention and mentoring newly-hired drivers with higher wages, flexibility
Crime & Courts Nov. 7, 2022 4:09 pm1117d ago
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who killed her rapist could be sent to prison after she walked away from an Iowa women’s shelter where she was serving probation following her conviction for manslaughter.
Agriculture Oct. 31, 2022 5:55 pm1124d ago
Iowa agriculture officials said Monday that another commercial egg farm in the state has been infected with bird flu, the first commercial farm case identified since April.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Prairie fires pushed by tinder-dry conditions and winds topping 60 mph (96 kph) led to evacuations in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa and destroyed homes and injured two firefighters south of Nebraska’s capital city of Lincoln, officials said.
Health Care and Medicine Oct. 19, 2022 2:23 pm1136d ago
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Iowa dropped for the seventh consecutive week, to 1,508, according to numbers released Wednesday.
The Gazette
Weather Oct. 7, 2022 7:58 pm1148d ago
But the area will quickly warm for a nice weekend.
Nick Hytrek, Sioux City Journal
Government & Politics Oct. 3, 2022 6:44 pm1152d ago
Kenny Rader's trip to Washington was on-again, off-again and back on at the last moment. But his dissatisfaction with the election began building months before the insurrection.
Crime & Courts Sep. 27, 2022 4:25 pm1158d ago
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge sentenced a Capitol rioter to seven years in prison Tuesday, calling the Iowa man a “one-man wrecking ball" who helped in a sustained assault on a police officer.
Tony Leys - Kaiser Health News
Health Care and Medicine Sep. 26, 2022 6:00 am1159d ago
Many of the remaining residents of such places have lived there for decades, leaving their families with wrenching choices when closures loom.
Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Health Care and Medicine Sep. 26, 2022 5:00 am1159d ago
Two Iowa nursing home patients froze to death outside this past winter. A nurse at one home faces no criminal charges, but a worker at another faces a second-degree murder charge.

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