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Luis Cabrera Cabrera, 40, allegedly threatened a woman with a knife while she held a child under 2 in Creston.
Turtle hunters found Angela Buck's body along a Black Hawk County creek in 1995. Her accused killer was arrested three decades later.
Walter Lauridsen II co-founded a Indianola nonprofit helping people rebuild their lives. He was struck after stepping into a highway lane.
A Marion County jury convicted Jason Burt Glasgow, and the additional drug possession charges tied to a 2024 undercover sting were dismissed.
Kane Farlow, 28, crashed a stolen car into a tree before his arrest, authorities say, following two separate domestic violence cases in Union County.
University of Iowa Police received a report tied to an east-side dorm, with a separate report also tied to a west-side hall.
A federal judge handed down the maximum sentence as Iowa police say state abuse charges remain possible.
Chase Ditzler allegedly raised a rock at a deputy on the phone with his own mother before fleeing on foot.
Police say Dasia Woods threatened to smack a fellow customer, then did, at Raisin’ Cane’s in Iowa City.
A Waterloo teen was charged after a shooting struck a house.
A Polk County judge tacked on three more years for a 2023 road-rage probation violation, pushing Dylan Brown's term to 58 years.
A phone search tied to a stolen gun case in Mason City uncovered years of child exploitation.
A shooting near West Third and Baltimore streets marks Waterloo's fourth homicide of 2026, just blocks from where a 17-year-old was found dead 12 days earlier.
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