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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.

In her annual Condition of the State address, the governor touts plan to raise teacher pay and reform area education agencies.

Just before the new year, a federal judge in Iowa temporarily enjoined the implementation of parts of Senate File 496, …

Wilton man who solicited underage girls for sex online and sent them child porn was sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison. Two adult women posed as teens and were sent graphic photos by the man and admitted to soliciting them because he thought they were minors.

Iowa city bus ridership is up and a Cedar Rapids bar’s promotion goes viral

A Cedar Rapids man who participated in online group that solicited sexually graphic videos and photos from 13-year-old girl was sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison.

A federal judge sentenced a Cedar Rapids man to 15 years in federal prison for soliciting sexually explicit videos from minors in exchange for gift cards. He also used a hidden spy camera to secretly record a minor.

A look back at the top news stories from the week of Nov. 27