The trial for a Traer woman, accused of fatally shooting her husband in the face in 2021, started Wednesday in Linn County. A prosecutor, in his opening, said Karina Cooper carried out a “deliberate and calculated” plan with her lover to kill her husband.
Law enforcement from multiple Tama County agencies responded to a threatening call Wednesday morning in the city of Tama, which investigators believe was a swatting call related to the video game Fortnite.
A Tama man was arrested Monday and charged with stealing a firearm after the Tama County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a man armed with an AR-15 style rifle threatening to kill family members.
A judge, in two separate pretrial hearings Friday, said trials for Huston Danker and Karina Cooper, both accused of killing Cooper’s husband in 2021, will go forward. Danker will be tried Jan. 21 in Johnson County and Cooper on Feb. 25 in Linn County.
A former Tama County conservation director used public funds for personal purchases, including a fuel pump, ammunition and home remodeling materials, according to a state audit published Wednesday.
The trial for a Tama woman accused of fatally shooting husband in the face remains on track for July 9 in Linn County. A judge moved the trial out of Tama County as requested by defense. Prosecution didn’t resist.
A judge won’t lower or increase the $1 million bail for a Shellsburg man charged with helping a wife kill her husband in 2021.
Shellsburg man accused of helping Traer woman kill her husband in 2021 asked a judge Thursday to lower his $1 million bail because it’s unreasonable. Prosecutor wants it hiked up to $5 million because he believes Danker has access to “large sum of cash.”
Iowa House District 53 covers Poweshiek County and most of Tama County.
One person is dead after a single-vehicle UTV crash Saturday in rural Tama County, according to the Tama County Sheriff’s Office.
A Shellsburg man confessed to helping a Traer woman kill her husband in 2021. He was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, about month after the victim’s wife was charged.
After more than two years of investigation, a Traer woman was charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of her husband in their home. Her husband died from two gunshot wounds to his face.
Belle Plaine is scraping the bottom of its water reserves and is searching for reprieve and solutions. It’s not the only Iowa town suffering amid the record drought.
City attorney earlier said officials ‘shocked and dismayed’ by officer’s conduct.
Gazette’s arts columnist answered the phone for a surprising interview
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