A man was found dead in Lake Macbride after 911 callers reported someone jumped into the lake and hadn’t resurfaced, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
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A man was found dead in Lake Macbride after 911 callers reported someone jumped into the lake and hadn’t resurfaced, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
A Riverside woman was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges that she produced and distributed child sexual assault material of two minor victims.
Five people — include several children — were injured on Highway 1 in Washington Thursday morning when “large equipment” fell off a semi trailer and hit a car near a railroad overpass on the west side of town.
The trial for a Tama woman accused of fatally shooting husband in the face remains on track for July 9 in Linn County. A judge moved the trial out of Tama County as requested by defense. Prosecution didn’t resist.
Both University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson and Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen will get a $60,000 pay raise in the new budget year starting July 1, following performance evaluations this week with their governing Board of Regents.
An Iowa City man who worked as a paraeducator at West High for three months was arrested Wednesday and charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee.
A southeast Iowa man is facing charges in Linn County of attempting to entice a minor through an online dating site.
Linn County officials are searching for a 17-year-old who escaped from the Linn County Juvenile Detention Center Wednesday evening, according to a news release from the detention center.
Edwin Junech-Pastor, 36, of Decorah, entered a plea Monday to one count of illegal re-entry in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. Other charges of misuse of a Social Security number and unlawful use of an identification document likely will be dismissed.
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago.
Cedar Rapids project expected to take six months
Several events and festivals will take place this weekend in Cedar Rapids and Johnson County to celebrate Juneteenth. The holiday falls on Wednesday, June 19 this year.
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