A man from Quebec, Canada was arrested Wednesday on charges that he placed credit card scanners on the registers at two Family Dollar Stores in Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
A North Liberty man, who was convicted in Black Hawk and Johnson counties for sexual assaults and robbery, pleaded Thursday to kidnapping and robbery charges in an attempt to sexual assault a woman in Linn County in 2023.
The state is asking Johnson County District Court to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges a new law requiring three Iowa counties to change how their supervisors are elected is unconstitutional.
A former UI machine shop manager who diverted thousands in production from the university to his own similar business was granted a deferred judgment and three years probation. He previously pleaded to first-degree theft and first-degree fraudulent practice.
Animal Eye Consultants of Iowa, in Hiawatha, is suing Sentinel Insurance Co. in U.S. District Court, alleging breach of contract and bad faith.
The Iowa City Police Department is seeking the public’s help in the investigation of a homicide that happened almost a year ago, on Dec. 30, 2024.
One man was injured in a shooting Saturday in southwest Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
It was not immediately clear what charges Nick Reiner, 32, would face. Online records show he remained in jail on Monday. Police Chief Jim McDonnell said he is being held on $4 million bail.
Christmas and other winter holidays are just around the corner, and while most people look forward to the season with excitement, it can be a difficult time for people in vulnerable situations, like those leaving behind an abusive relationship.
Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks said this year, in preparing for the next legislative session, his office has set priorities for changes they’d like to see. He hopes to work with legislators to address the state’s groping laws, invasion of privacy crimes, and rules about examination of public records.
An Iowa City woman, already charged with providing sex acts to massage parlor clients, is now charged with tampering with a witness. She is accused of trying to influence a victim and his wife not to testify against her.
The Iowa chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union released a report Wednesday outlining the ways that automatic license plate reader cameras, or ALPRs, are being used across Iowa, and urging state legislators to implement regulations regarding their use.
A woman said a Cedar Rapids man, who should have been a “role model and protector” was instead, the person who repeatedly sexually abused her over a two year period when she was 14 and 15 years old. He was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday.
Eight months after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement abruptly terminated the status of four University of Iowa international students — and revoked visas for three of them without explanation — those students have settled the lawsuit they filed against the Department of Homeland Security.
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