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.
From now through Nov. 30 (which is Giving Tuesday), all donations received through the Mercy Foundation’s Giving Tuesday website will be matched by Fairfax State Savings Bank, up to $15,000.
Hot Stamped Foil Imaging was invented at the University of Iowa by longtime Art Department faculty member Virginia A. Myers, creator of the Iowa Foil Printer. Both the exhibit and talk are free and open to the public.
The forest wildlife stewardship plan is a guide for future management of the wildlife area which will focus on maintaining wildlife habitat, reducing invasive species along with promoting long-term sustainability of the forest resource at Ram Hollow.
The future of magnet school programming in the Cedar Rapids Community School District may include a school just for high school freshmen and sophomores.
The legacy of the former owners of Armstrong’s department store in Cedar Rapids will live on as their trust gives away $600,000 each to seven nonprofit organizations.
Even with COVID crippling community services and hampering projects and initiatives last year, a “heart safe community campaign” in honor of the late University of Iowa cardiology professor Richard Kerber did not skip a beat — so to speak.
“This is a major victory for the State of Iowa and Iowa taxpayers,” Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement.
Former CVS pharmacist with a similar history in California was convicted for stealing drugs for his personal use. He admitted to shorting patients’ prescriptions to conceal the crime.
It’s hard to say when the recount board will finish counting the at-large votes by hand, deputy election commissioner says
Solon man sentenced to four years for sexual abuse of a child and woman. He pleaded to amended charges. Also must comply with sex offender registry for life and serve special sentence of parole for 10 years.
The Iowa City Police are investigating an incident involving two young children in which a firearm was discharged Nov. 7.
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