Iowa lawmakers have advanced legislation that would allow Iowa courts to order treatment for individuals showing psychiatric deterioration when people can’t recognize they need help and are unlikely to seek it on their own.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources fielded a series of calls last week after dead fish were found floating in Cedar Rapids’ Ellis Harbor. A fisheries biologist with the agency said it was a naturally occurring kill that resulted in thousands of dead gizzard shad.
Steele in February announced his retirement from the Waterloo-based NBC affiliate, which serves much of Eastern Iowa. His final sign off from the nightly news followed later that month.
A Cedar Rapids man who was intoxicated when he drove off an embankment and crashed into a motorcyclist on Interstate 380, killing him, was found guilty Monday by a Linn County jury of vehicular homicide and other charges.
An Ohio man who contacted a profile on a dating app he believed to be a 13-year-old girl for sex was given 4 years probation. An Indiana nonprofit, Bikers against Predators, set up the account and then turned the man over to police.
A Florida man is facing charges in Linn County, Iowa that he scammed a Marion woman out of $20,000 by telling her it was needed for her grandson who was in jail.
A North Liberty man was arrested over the weekend on charges that he hit a pedestrian with his car in November and left the scene.
Wild Side column: Warmer weather already has brought first signs of maple syrup season
Available at the Cedar Valley Humane Society
A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally funded commission.
Iowa State University graduate school programs have started rescinding offers to prospective students as departments scramble to respond to funding uncertainties.
Also, Marion City Council approves incentives for Uptown housing project
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