Wall Lake trucker David Schultz, whose body was found earlier this year not far from where he disappeared months earlier, died from hypothermia related to acute methamphetamine intoxication, according to a death certificate.
Also, bird flu reported in turkeys in Sac County
A motorcyclist who was severely injured in a crash in Marion last week has died from his injuries, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department.
An Indiana man, accused of posing as a woman to lure an Iowa City man to his death in 2021, received another delay in his murder trial. This is the tenth delay for Renard Winfield, charged with first-degree murder.
Known as the “Angel of the Village,” Mary Kay Novak McGrath died in February before a dream of a plaza in Czech Village in honor of her late parents could be brought to life. But a plaza and garden were dedicated in their memory Thursday.
The Urbana police chief claims in a lawsuit Urbana is violating Iowa law by allowing a city clerk, acting as the city administrator, to supervise him. The city clerk also wouldn’t approve his comp time and illegally altered his timesheets, the suit asserts.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department has arrested seven people as part of an operation targeting people who attempt to engage in sexual activities with minors, according to a news release from the department.
Six-plus decades after the University of Iowa began managing a 485-acre swath of mostly woodland known as the Macbride Nature Recreation Area — host to popular UI programs like School of the Wild, the Iowa Raptor Project, and Iowa Wildlife Camps — the university is reviewing its use of that land “to ensure fiscal sustainability and consistency with the university’s mission of excellent education and research opportunities for a broad array of students.”
Linn County Supervisor Kirsten Running-Marquardt believes wind and solar energy are critical to economic development in Iowa. But she also wants to make sure landowners who sign contracts for wind projects aren’t left twisting in the wind.
The law, which was set to go into effect July 1, would allow Iowa law enforcement officials to arrest and charge non-citizens with a crime if they are in the state but have previously been blocked from entering the country or deported.
Also, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issues a disaster declaration for severe weather on June 12
Also, Delhi Republican running as an independent for Congress.
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