An Iowa City man, who was previously convicted for enticing a minor, was sentenced to 10 years for enticing minors and sexually abusing one girl under the age of 13. The judge ran the recent sentence consecutively to his previous five-year sentence.
Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
Alsoin this week’s Government Notes, an Interstate 380 off-ramp at North Liberty will close this week.
On July 1, Iowa will join 30 other states in outlawing any phone use while driving that isn’t hands-free. The law was passed earlier this year, and will replace Iowa’s current rules about phone usage while driving, which law enforcement officers say were difficult to enforce, since only texting was banned.
Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency turns yard debris into free compost for Linn County residents.
National bus tour rolls through Cedar Rapids to rally opposition to Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts package
Fifty volunteers pulled garbage, debris and discarded items from Indian Creek and its tributaries on Saturday. It was the second annual clean-up event.
Starting Tuesday, mental health and substance use disorder services are being combined into seven behavioral health districts.The transition involves moving from regional to district-based eligibility and billing processes. It aims to provide more consistent care across the state. Will it?
Transgender and nonbinary Iowans will see their legal protections weakened this week when a law removing gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act goes into effect.
Longtime Matthew 25 leader Clint Twedt-Ball will step down July 15.
The case of the abduction of Jodi Huisentruit, a 27-year-old Mason City news anchor in 1995, remains unsolved 30 years later, but her family, friends and co-workers are still hopeful that police investigators will uncover what happened to her.
July 1 is the beginning of the fiscal year and the date new laws take effect, unless otherwise stated. Iowa’s majority-Republican General Assembly this year passed more than 170 laws dealing with education, firearms, crime, health care, paid family leave and more. Here’s what goes into effect this week.
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