Trish Mehaffey

Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day

Drew Blahnik killed Chris Bagley in a “stabbing frenzy,” prosecutor says in her opening statement. Bagley had 17 stab wounds on his neck and torso.

A Sioux City man with multiple previous convictions was sentenced to over 4 years in federal prison for illegally having a gun.

Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day.

One of the Anamosa inmates charged with killing a correctional officer and nurse in March will claim self-defense in the slayings. A bench trial for Michael Dutcher remains set for Aug. 3.

Trial starts this week for Drew Blahnik charged with fatal stabbing Chris Bagley in 2018. Jury selection started and continues Thursday.

A judge said Wednesday he’ll delay sentencing the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018 after defense attorneys asserted authorities withheld information about investigations into a nearby sex trafficking ring the lawyers say could have been involved in the fatal stabbing.

HACAP Food Reservoir receives nearly $40,000 from Eastern Iowa Walmart and Sam’s Club stores.

Monticello resident faces a mandatory 10 years in federal prison

Drew Blahnik, 33, charged with first-degree murder, filed a petition to change his name to “Johnny Blahnik Church” but his lawyer, Leon Spies, stepped in and asked to delay hearing until after the murder trial.

Federal prosecutors ask for more time to work on plea negotiations with Cedar Rapids man charged in violent raid of U.S. Capitol

The Iowa Supreme Court directed the court districts to start offering informal trials earlier this year to meet the demand of more people representing themselves, which has doubled in the last year or so.

Cedar Rapids man sentenced to 10 years for unintentionally causing the death of 18-year-old Marisa Doolin last year, and his probation was revoked in a previous conviction.

This is the second plea to lascivious acts with a child for Timothy Mehaffy, 61, of Cedar Rapids. He was originally charged with third-degree sexual abuse in 2004. He received probation in 2005.

Jared Daily, a former police officer convicted for accessing child pornography, was sentenced this week to 10 years in federal prison.