Despite a lawsuit fighting the State Historical Society of Iowa's unexpected and "haphazard" closure of its Iowa City research facility and archives — and a court hearing scheduled in the dispute next week — the state on Monday began moving some of the historical documents with help from prison inmates.
An Anamosa man was arrested Sunday on several charges — including attempted murder, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office — after law enforcement officers say he purposefully hit multiple cars with his own and then threatened multiple people with a machete.
The grieving sister of Ryan Cooper told her brother’s killer to “go to hell.” She said he may have tried to steal her brother’s dream but he could never be Ryan.
Doctor who performed bariatric surgeries in Waverly previously has been sued for alleged negligence and fraud.
An Iowa State University student is accused of cyberstalking and soliciting others online to “rape and stalk” UI students, other women and teens. He faces three federal charges and will remain in jail pending trial.
The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents, was charged Thursday in federal court with possessing firearms while in the U.S. illegally, prosecutors said.
The former West High School paraeducator had a sexual relationship with a student in 2023.
The 81-year-old man who sexually abused two children, ages 5 and 6, pleaded to lesser charges.
West Liberty woman accused of stealing medicine from nursing home resident at Cedar County’s Crestview Specialty Care
The superintendent of Iowa's largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents, falsely claimed a doctoral degree when applying for the job two years ago but was hired even after the school board learned about the misrepresentation.
Seventeen historians, archivists, professors, authors, and donors with decades of public service are suing the State Historical Society of Iowa for haphazardly and without public input closing its Iowa City research facility and archives.
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is suing the franchisee of five of its Iowa restaurants, two of which are located in the Corridor.
A Cedar County man was sentenced to nearly 12 years for distributing at least 1.5 kilograms of meth. He was caught after law enforcement conducted three controlled buys from him.
A Waterloo man was arrested this week in Johnson County on charges that he sexually abused a child 13 years ago, when he was a teen.
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