The Iowa Appeals Court has upheld the sentence of a man charged with helping his son avoid an attempted murder and robbery trial in Iowa City by fleeing to Jordan. But the man was released on parole less than a year into a five-year sentence.
Cities are required to tell people if they do or might have lead water pipes going to their homes and businesses. About two-thirds of Vinton’s service lines might have lead, whereas North Liberty has none. Cedar Rapids sent 9,.000 notices to homes and businesses.
The building, which is being constructed adjacent to company’s existing Iowa City plant, at 2258 Heinz Rd., will serve as a hub for ALPLA’s expanded apprenticeship program, for which it partners with Kirkwood Community College. It’s a $15.8 million project.
A Linn County jury, deliberating for less than two hours Thursday, convicted a Hiawatha man in the February kidnapping, torturing and stranglulation death of 20-year-old Melody Hoffman of Marion.
Jamercion Bush, 34, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree robbery, going armed with intent, felon in possession of a firearm and use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of a crime.
The Iowa Court of Appeals filed a ruling last month in the case of an Iowa City man charged with lighting his ex-girlfriend’s apartment on fire.
This year, 29,448 people walked, ran or cycled to Linn County’s highest point, according to the Cedar Rapids-Linn County Solid Waste Agency, which operates the reclaimed landfill at 2250 A St. SW in Cedar Rapids.
Democrat Christina Bohannan said she will ask for a recount in the tight race in Southeastern Iowa's 1st Congressional District against Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
Swisher, population 900, is on the search for a new mayor after Julie Persons resigned from the job following her election to Johnson County Auditor. But so far, the city council hasn’t found anyone willing to take the job.
Public comments are being gathered and a public hearing on the proposed rules is scheduled for December in Des Moines.
The autopsy of Melody Hoffman, 20, of Marion, showed blunt force injuries all over her body, along with five stab wounds and numerous cutting marks on her back. A medical examiner also said Hoffman may have been pregnant at the time of her strangulation or recently had a miscarriage, which could be a possible motive for the Hiawatha man on trial for kidnapping and murder.
Washington County supervisors canvassed the votes for a $15 million bond issue at Highland schools Wednesday afternoon, despite earlier reports that the election would face a redo after one precinct gave some voters the wrong ballots on Election Day.
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