Trish Mehaffey

The Senate confirmed magistrate Leonard T. Strand, 93-0, as the next federal judge in Iowa’s Northern District, which fills one …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Manchester zoo owners, sued for mistreatment and trafficking of protected animals, must turn over their lemurs and …

NEWTON – A Jasper County jury only took two and half hours on Tuesday to find Dustin Jefferson guilty of …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday a district judge didn’t consider all sentencing factors regarding juveniles …

Fifth Judicial District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger was confirmed Monday by the U.S. Senate 83-0 to become only the second …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The half-brother of Edward Cusic said in a victim’s impact statement on Monday that their mother, who …

Midamar Founder William Aossey, Jr., apologized to a federal judge Friday, saying he didn’t intentionally lie during his trial last …

CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Anamosa State Penitentiary correctional officer who smuggled cell phones, drugs and other items to inmates …

A Cedar Rapids man who admitted to killing his ‘best friend” in 2014 over crack cocaine, pleaded guilty Wednesday to …

Cedar Rapids – A man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced last week to 15 years in federal prison …

CEDAR RAPIDS – A 20-year-old Hiawatha man will spend 25 years in prison for breaking into a neighbor’s home and …

NEWTON – Jury selection for the second retrial of Dustin Jefferson, accused of helping his mother kill his wife in …

Background Lawson Chadwick, 47, of Cedar Rapids, was charged last April with vehicular homicide in the death of Stephen J. …

A pregnant woman and another mother are suing Dubuque police officers for pepper spraying them and their four children last …

A Dubuque woman received a $25,000 settlement from the City of Dubuque after she filed a federal lawsuit last year, …