Iowa’s Department of Administrative Services acted irrationally, illogically, and capriciously — and abused its discretion — when it exonerated itself of any wrongdoing in closing, without warning or public discussion, the State Historical Society’s Iowa City research center, according to a new lawsuit filed by a private, nonprofit organization formed 43 years ago to preserve Iowa’s history.
An Iowa City man was arrested Sunday on charges that he sexually abused a woman in his car after offering to give her a ride.
Shari Konarske retired as a victim witness specialist last year, but it was earlier than she planned, so she looked for a new adventure at the “bottom of the world.” She took a temporary job as a victim advocate at the largest U.S. research hub in Antarctica.
A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a 13 year-old girl over a period of two years. The teen, in a victim statement, said she lives in “fight or flight” mode every day because of abuse she endured.
Retired U.S. District Judge Robert William Pratt died unexpectedly this week in Des Moines. He was on the bench for more than 26 years and was well known for a landmark case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld his ruling, which ultimately gave federal judges more discretion in sentencing.
A Polk County judge will determine whether the case should proceed to discovery, be paused until President Trump is out of office, or dismissed
The development followed confirmation by the Department of Homeland Security earlier in the day that the FBI would now lead the probe into Pretti’s death.
A federal judge orders the immediate release of the Russian immigrant from the Polk County Jail in Des Moines.
Federal judge sentences Marion financial planner to prison term for not paying his taxes for years. He was contacted 7 years before and told to pay but never did.
Mark Anderson, 36, of Mankato, Minn., was arrested and charged with impersonating an FBI agent in a foiled bid to free Mangione from a federal jail in New York City.
Kianna McCune, mother of 16 year-old Michael McCune, who was ambushed and fatally shot in 2023, asked Wednesday — for the fifth time — for for justice during a sentencing for the fourth teen convicted in her son’s murder.
A Cedar Rapids man, previously convicted of five felonies and domestic abuse assault, was sentenced to over 7 years in federal prison for illegally having a firearm in 2024.
Iowa Senate lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a bill that would block the state judicial branch from weighing in on and determining whether legislation passed by state lawmakers violates the Iowa State Constitution.
While fighting a proposal to strip Iowa of its mandate to maintain a State Historical Society research center in Iowa City, a group of historians, donors, and community members are celebrating a small victory with the Iowa Supreme Court.
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