Every day, police rely on common tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them, such as physical holds, Tasers and body blows. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death.
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Every day, police rely on common tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them, such as physical holds, Tasers and body blows. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death.
Pottawattamie County declares a state of emergency, and said at least four people had been injured and 120 homes and businesses were damaged — some of them outright destroyed
‘It is vital for those persons with the addiction and for those families that we do better, and we just didn’t do anything. And that’s too bad,’ a legislative Democrat says.
As health care affordability becomes a greater and greater concern, Muller said the Community Health Free Clinic is a critical beacon for uninsured and underinsured Eastern Iowans who have few other places to go. Here’s why he’s spent 18 years with them.
House Speaker says statehouse Republicans forced to ‘do something’ because of inaction by federal government
Auditor Rob Sand’s office withheld nine emails between his off and two journalists, citing an open records law exemption for records that are part of an audit. The Iowa Supreme Court disagreed with that characterization and said Sand’s office must provide more evidence to justify withholding the emails from the conservative organization seeking their release.
During his 16-year tenure as mayor, Kattchee saw the building of the new library, fire station, city hall, and recreation center. He was also instrumental in the development of the UI Oakdale Research Park, the upgrades of the Coralville Wastewater Plant and the start of Coralville’s recycling program.
A Palo woman accused of killing her stepmom in 2022 is on track to start May 13 in Benton County District Court. She is accused of suffocating her stepmom while her boyfriend choked her.
A judge on Friday delayed the sentencing for Duval Walker Jr., convicted of first-degree murder in March, so his lawyers can talk to a woman who says she witnessed the March 17, 2023, fatal shooting in a Marion bar but had not been interviewed by police. A prosecutor, who resisted the delay, said they had talked to the woman and she identifies Walker as the shooter.
After a Cedar Rapids man and woman led police on a high speed chase in Linn and Johnson counties, they drove into the Cedar River in an attempt to wade or swim across in escape but officers were waiting to arrest them.
A Vinton man pleaded to receiving child porn and faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years and possibly up to 40 years in federal prison. He was already serving probation at a residential facility in Benton County for possession of child porn when he deceived a facility employee into letting his use her phone, which he used to download the illegal images.
A recommendation for where the new campus could be located to combine the LaSalle and Regis students is expected to be made this summer, according to a news release Friday from Xavier Catholic Schools.
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