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The Iowa Supreme Court says a search that led to a 2020 drug charge conviction against a Texas trucker was not legal. Stephen Arrieta stopped at the Northwood weigh station on I-35 after his automatic pass device failed to work. A DOT officer then inspected his truck and called for a drug dog. The drug ..read more
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The Iowa Court of Appeals has denied the appeal of a man convicted of murder following a 2020 bar fight in Harrison County. Kristofer Erlbacher of Woodbine was found guilty of first-degree murder after hitting and running over Caleb Solberg of Moorhead three times with his pickup outside a bar in Pisgah. Erlbacher appealed, saying ..read more
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6d ago
A Clive insurance agent and annuity salesman has pleaded guilty to defrauding elderly clients. The U.S. Attorney says 47-year-old James Flaherty pleaded guilty to wire fraud and admitted to taking retirement savings and other funds from elderly clients. In one case he told a client he would invest the proceeds from their home sale, but ..read more
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6d ago
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says new investigations show money may still be hidden that German government and military leaders stole during the wartime years of the early 1940s. Grassley, who serves on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, says he’s stunned there’s still some plundered funds that haven’t been returned to the ancestors of those who ..read more
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1w ago
An Ida Grove woman is charged with child endangerment resulting in death following an investigation into the death of her son in May. Information from the DCI says 23-year-old Billy Mosier is charged in the death of her three-year-old son Jordan Reed. An ambulance crew was called to a home in Battle Creek on May ..read more
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The Iowa Supreme Court has denied a Manchester man a third trial on his attempted murder conviction in the shooting of his former girlfriend. Robert Krogman was convicted of shooting and seriously injuring the woman in 2009 after she broke up with him. He was granted a new trial over an issue involving his frozen ..read more
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1w ago
The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the hate crime conviction of a man who left derogatory notes on Boone homes where a rainbow flag was flying. Robert Geddes argued the handwritten notes he left at the homes were free speech and his conviction for trespass as a hate crime violated his constitutional rights. The Iowa ..read more
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Iowa City Police says a man with a gun was arrested Tuesday morning at the Grant Wood Elementary School after he allegedly threatened multiple staff members. Police charged 31-year-old Brandon Jones of Iowa City with two counts of first-degree harassment and carrying a weapon on school grounds. The school district released a message to parents ..read more
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Three northeast Iowa men are accused of attacking a man with golf clubs and a baseball bat. The assault happened at a residence in Waukon on November 16. This week, police have arrested three men from Waukon, all in their mid-20s. Each has been charged with first degree burglary, going armed with intent and assault ..read more
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A southeast Iowa man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to shooting his then-wife with a crossbow has been arrested after a house fire at his mother’s home. The Ottumwa Police Department says a homeowner called 911 on November 21st to report she was trapped in a house fire. Officers were able to pull 82-year-old ..read more