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A Gladbrook man who purchased child pornography through internet messaging apps has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. He was previously convicted for sexual exploitation of a minor in Tama County District Court.

A Prairieburg man, posing as a teen, would pay minors money and gift cards in exchange for sexually explicit photos and videos. He faces up to 50 years in federal prison.

The information technology director for Clayton County was arrested Wednesday on charges that he had almost 5,000 pictures and videos of child pornography on his laptop. The county supervisors voted Thursday to fire him.

And how many bills did Republican leaders tuck in their pocket to potentially resurrect in the session’s closing weeks?

State lawmakers hit the 2025 session’s first ‘funnel’ deadline, which revokes the eligibility of bills that did not reach a certain approval threshold.

An 18-year-old from North Liberty was arrested Thursday on charges that he possessed and distributed sexually explicit videos of children multiple times during the last four years.

An 62-year-old Iowa City man convicted of receiving child porn was sentenced Friday to 6 years in prison. An investigation determined he’d been receiving material since 2001.

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An Iowa City man was sentenced last week to 80 months in federal prison for a charge of receiving child pornography, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Two years ago, Louisiana school librarian Amanda Jones spoke against book banning. A few days later, the backlash started. Today, there’s still no end of it in sight. Hear her story at the Iowa City Book Festival on Oct. 19.