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A former Clear Creek Amana middle school track assistant coach was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for child porn. He also posed as a teen and encouraged a 15-year-old victim to produce sexually explicit photos for him to share with others online.

The second legislative deadline of the 2024 session took out a number of bills of significant potential impact

A Cedar Rapids woman, who was nabbed by an undercover officer on the internet, was sentenced to 40 years for child porn.

The bills come as legislators across the country consider how to respond to the emerging problem fueled by artificial intelligence technology.

The first ‘funnel’ eliminated some bills from lawmaker consideration this year

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A Coggon man said he deposited cash into a bitcoin machine and gave the bitcoin to a person who threatened him. Now, he wants his cash back after finding out it was a scam.

Also, lawmakers advance a bill allowing families to monitor nursing home residents.

Urbana man was sentenced this week to 30 years in federa prison for molesting and sexually exploiting a 4-year-old child. He recorded sexually explicit videos of the child and shared them with others online.

Iowa Republican lawmakers advanced a series of bills Tuesday intended to crack down on the distribution of obscene material to minors online by criminalizing some AI-generated porn, enhancing penalties for providing pornographic materials to minors, and requiring some businesses and social media platforms to verify users’ age.