Trish Mehaffey

Judge denies increasing bail for man who is repeat domestic abuser. Prosecutor says he violated no contact order and has history of violations.

A Shellsburg man, charged along with 10 others for a heroin/fentanyl distribution ring, will remain in jail pending trial.

Marion man sentenced Tuesday to up to 25 years in prison for shooting a man last January, along with drug, gun and burglary charges.

Trial for Cedar Rapids man accused of fatally beating his 71-year-old mother has been reset again to March 1.

Two Cedar County farmers, who live just outside West Branch, recently were named 2021 Iowa Conservation Farmers of the Year.

Linn County sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash about 5:54 a.m. March 7, 2020, in Walford, according to a criminal complaint. A Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by Edwin Arenivas, 22, of Marengo, crossed the centerline and struck John Erik Halvorson’s vehicle head-on, the complaint shows.

Cedar Rapids man who sexually abused toddler receives probation and deferred judgment. He also will be on sex offender registry and serve special sentence of parole for life.

A Sheffield man who was the “enforcer” for the northern Iowa chapter of the Sons of Silence was sentenced to 10 months for being a felon in possession of firearm.

Police responded to multiple calls of shot fired in the 1500 block of C Avenue early Friday. One person received a gunshot wound but refused treatment. No arrests made.

An Iowa City man was charged with child porn following FBI breaking through the side of his house with a tactical vehicle on Wednesday.

Judge denies appeal for landlord, Charles Davisson, on the four properties he couldn’t rent for six months because of nuisance issues. Two of those are no longer rentals, one was rented after suspension and one can’t be rented until over $2,000 in fees are paid.

Bryan Bolling, charged with nine counts of sexual abuse, pleaded guilty to two counts and faces up to 20 years in prison. He sexually abused a girl who was 12 or 13 years old at the time.

Cedar Rapids man, who fired multiple shots into a Westdale Court apartment, hitting one man, pleaded to lesser charges and faces up to 17 years in prison.

A former Cedar Rapids nurse is accused of stealing opioids from hospitals and oxycodone from an assisted living patient. She will be arraigned on charges next week in federal court.

Judge says he’ll likely allow Drew Blahnik, convicted of killing Chris Bagley, to change his name to Johnny Blahnik Church until after Blahnik is sentenced Oct. 12 in the fatal stabbing of Bagley in December 2018. Blahnik wants the name change to further his acting career, even though he faces up to 54 years in prison.