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The Iowa Court of Appeals says a man accused of murdering a coworker at a packing plant in Wright County is not yet competent to stand trial. Lukouxs Brown was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing co-worker, Wayne Smith in a locker room at the Prestage pork plant near Eagle Grove in 2021. He ..read more
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Authorities in eastern Iowa say they’ve caught a hit-and-run driver who was allegedly texting behind the wheel when he ran over a woman two weeks ago. Davenport police say they’ve arrested a tow truck driver who’s charged with hitting and critically injuring a pedestrian the morning of March 13th. Police says the truck had two ..read more
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The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has been called in to investigate after a man was shot to death by a Waterloo police officer. The DCI says officers were called to the Victory Motors car dealership Monday afternoon on the report that 41-year-old John Piazza put a gun to an employee’s face and fired at ..read more
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An eastern Iowa man was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for bringing a handgun to his child’s school. Prosecutors say 32-year-old Brandon Jones of Iowa City walked into Grant Wood Elementary last November and demanded to speak with the principal, saying his child was wrongfully sent home. As he walked into the school ..read more
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The Woodbury County Supervisor whose wife was convicted of 50 counts of election fraud will not be running for another term. Jeremy Taylor says he will finish out his current term. “I love this community and I’m going to continue to work during the duration of my term on behalf of taxpayers we have a ..read more
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The Iowa Supreme Court says the use of a rap video didn’t prejudice the jury in a Sioux City man’s murder trial. Lawrence Canady was charged with murder, but was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for his role in the shooting death of Martez Harrison outside Uncle Dave’s bar in 2021. The Iowa Court of ..read more
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The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in the dispute linked to the construction of the University of Iowa’s Children’s Hospital. Modern Piping won a judgment of nearly 13 million dollars after alleging the UI wrongly used an injunction to delay arbitration in a dispute so they could gain early access to the building ..read more
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A report by the State Ombudsman’s Office found that some county jails were not following Iowa law by taking money directly out of inmate commissary accounts for medical care. Ombudsman Bernardo Granwehr says Iowa law requires jails to go through the courts to recoup these co-pays. “This is not a money maker for jails it’s ..read more
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An Iowa State University criminologist is the author of a new book that examines more than 100 cold cases that were resolved using DNA evidence. Matt DeLisi says he collected information on the cold cases as part of his overall work and then decided to zero in on them. “One of the things I noticed ..read more
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Pointing a laser at an aircraft has been a federal crime since 2018 and it is likely to become a state crime soon. A federal conviction carries a prison term of up to five years and an $11,000 fine for a single incident. Senator Dan Dawson of Council Bluffs explains what state penalties are proposed ..read more