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Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation to keep offenders behind bars longer and expand Iowa’s sex offender registry, but corrections officials and advocates warn the proposals could worsen overcrowding, reduce parole supervision and create sentence-calculation errors that undermine public safety.

A Cedar Rapids man who physically and sexually abused a child for more than 10 years and recorded himself was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. He also collected child sexual abuse images.

Iowa House Republicans say they want to act proactively in 2026 with a “tough on crime” package aimed at repeat offenders, bail reform and sentencing — even as recent data show Iowa crime trending downward.

Trials were down for federal prosecutors in 2025 after reaching an all time high in the last four years, but caseloads were 14.5 percent higher, with guns and drugs being the top charges.

Young gymnasts were sounding warnings about a coach as far back as 2017. That's the same year the U.S. Center for SafeSport was created in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual-abuse scandal.

Members of Iowa’s congressional delegation will travel to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday alongside President Donald Trump to attend the dignified transfer of the two Iowa National Guard soldiers who were killed in an attack in Syria.

Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies.

Bremer County man who sexually abused three children and then distributed images of child sexual abuse, was sentenced to more than 38 years in federal prison.

A Cedar Rapids man who solicited minors to send him sexually explicit images was convicted and faces 15 and possibly up to 40 years in federal prison.

A Tama man was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing child pornography over several years. He must also pay over $15,000 in restitution to victims.