OXFORD (AP) — A Cedar Rapids man has been charged with attempted murder after officials say he stabbed a man, tried to run him over and shot at him in a central Iowa wildlife management area. The incident happened Thursday in the Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area in rural Johnson ...
MASON CITY (AP) — A Mason City man has been charged with child endangerment after police say he caused a serious brain injury in his 5-month-old baby. Jeremy Walter Rose, 27, was arrested Thursday night and charged with child endangerment resulting in serious injury. He’s being held in the ...
MUSCATINE (AP) — A judge has upheld his own ruling earlier this month that the Muscatine mayor be returned to office while the appeal of her removal is heard. The City Council voted May 11 to remove Diana Broderson as mayor, saying she had created unnecessary legal and staff costs and ...
ADEL (AP) — On a scorching day 86 years ago, a dropped sparkler ignited an inferno that roared through much of the small city of Spencer, Iowa, and led to a statewide fireworks ban that endured for generations. Fireworks have since become legal in most of the country and Iowa legislators ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Democratic appointee can seek damages for alleged political retaliation he suffered under former Republican Gov. Terry Branstad, a decision that will make it easier for state residents to sue government officials who violate their ...
DES MOINES (AP) — A man who helped write the computer code behind several U.S. lotteries, including some of its biggest, pleaded guilty Thursday to masterminding a scheme through which he rigged the winning numbers for jackpots in several states and collected millions of dollars. Eddie ...
DES MOINES (AP) — A father and son whose Iowa-based egg production company caused a massive 2010 salmonella outbreak have exhausted their appeals and a federal judge has ordered them to begin serving prison sentences. The U.S. Supreme Court declined in May to hear the appeals of Austin ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday overturned the conviction of a lottery employee implicated in a nationwide fixing scandal, saying his trial over a rigged $16.5 million jackpot was tainted by unjustified delays in the investigation. The ruling is a victory for former ...
DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Tuesday banned weapons in courthouses statewide, saying that it had a duty to promote safety in the courts. The order signed by Chief Justice Mark Cady does not apply to peace officers but it prohibits other visitors from carrying weapons into ...
DAVENPORT (AP) — A man accused of killing his parents in Davenport will be undergoing a mental health evaluation. Court records say a judge granted a defense motion last week for 21-year-old Sean Freese. He’s pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. Authorities say he shot ...
MASON CITY (AP) — Mason City police say the driver of a sport utility vehicle was drunk and speeding in April when he crashed into a tree, killing himself and four passengers. Police Chief Jeff Brinkley announced Monday that an autopsy shows the driver of the SUV had a blood-alcohol level ...
BURLINGTON (AP) — Authorities have identified a human foot found in a Burlington lake as belonging to a man who went missing in 2015. Burlington police Monday announced that DNA evidence had confirmed the foot belonged to Steven Leasure, whose family reported him missing in May 2015. A ...
KLEMME (AP) — Authorities say a motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a car in northern Iowa. The accident occurred around noon Sunday on U.S. Highway 69, just south of Klemme in Hancock County. The Iowa State Patrol says the driver of a southbound car tried to pass another vehicle but ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — Investigators were suspicious in 2006 when they heard that a rural Texas judge was trying to exchange $450,000 in consecutively marked bills. But Tommy Tipton, a Fayette County magistrate, told the FBI that his actions were innocent, if odd: He won the Colorado lottery but ...
DES MOINES (AP) — A Des Moines mother whose baby daughter died on a changing table has taken a plea deal. Laci Taylor pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony neglect of dependent person. Prosecutors lowered the change from child endangerment resulting in death in exchange for Taylor’s plea. ...
CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s first visit to Iowa since taking office has been rescheduled for June 21. His campaign website says his appearance at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids is set to begin at 7 p.m. Trump had been scheduled to visit Cedar Rapids on June 1. ...
SHELLSBURG (AP) — Authorities say a 79-year-old man died after being pinned by an overturned tractor in eastern Iowa. The accident occurred around 2:40 p.m. Monday in rural Shellsburg. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office says Arlo Becker was driving the tractor when it overturned while ...
NORTH ENGLISH (AP) — Authorities have identified a police officer involved in the fatal shooting of a North English man in eastern Iowa over the weekend. The Iowa county Sheriff’s Office says in a news release Tuesday that Williamsburg Police Officer Blake Heller shot and killed ...
DUBUQUE (AP) — A peregrine falcon chick has received identification bands as part of a raptor monitoring program in eastern Iowa. David Kester, a field researcher with the nonprofit Raptor Resource Project, climbed atop the Dubuque County Courthouse to attach the metal bands, which allow ...
DES MOINES (AP) — An Alabama-based company is seeking to block Des Moines from enforcing strict rules limiting the sale of fireworks to industrial zones in the city. American Promotional Events, which bills itself as the nation’s largest distributor of consumer fireworks, filed the ...