Daily NewslettersA Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday on charges that he sexually abused a 7-year-old girl nineteen years ago.
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A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday on charges that he sexually abused a 7-year-old girl nineteen years ago.
A juvenile was injured Friday in a shooting in northeast Cedar Rapids according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
Developments: FBI identifies driver as U.S. citizen from Texas; explosives and Islamic State flag found at scene
The Iowa City Police Department has released the identity of a woman who died after a Monday shooting.
The Iowa City Police Department has asked for the public’s help investigating a fatal shooting early Monday morning.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District had nearly twice as many trials in 2024 and is ranked second for cases filed among the other 25 federal districts of its size. The district includes Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Fort Dodge and Sioux City.
A Cedar Rapids woman was being held on a $25,000 cash-only bond at the Linn County Jail on charges related to an armed robbery of a Hiawatha gas station and liquor store in June.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested last week after police say he attempted to persuade, entice, coerce or solicit a law enforcement officer posing as a 15-year-old girl on a dating app into performing sexual acts.
A teenager was injured Tuesday in an officer-involved shooting in Dubuque.
Iowa is among the states fighting lawsuit filed by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
A 39-year-old Anamosa man is accused of sneaking into a rural Cedar Rapids woman's house while she slept on Sunday, attacking her and a man who was with her, and returning hours later to damage four vehicles at the property.
President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.
Dr. Melissa Blessing started as the Johnson County deputy medical examiner last month. She feels its a “privilege” to do the work and be able to explain to families how their loved ones died. The UI pathology department and county medical examiner department have both been on her radar since her residency at Mayo School of Graduate Education in Rochester, Minn.
A judge on Friday sentenced McKinley Louisma to life in prison without parole for the kidnapping, torture and strangulation of Melody Hoffman, 20, of Marion, on Feb. 17. Melody’s mother said her daughter would want her to forgive Louisma but she couldn’t.
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