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MINNEAPOLIS – Poo Poo is going to prison. A United States Attorney today announced the conviction after a jury trial of Rahmad Lashad Geddes, a/k/a “Face,” a/k/a “Poo Poo,” age 36, for trafficking
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Former Iowa Central Community College wrestler and UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been arrested in New Mexico on a felony warrant after he fled on foot from a
MASON CITY – Two Mason City residents and one from Clear Lake were served with federal warrants today. Served today by Cerro Gordo deputies were:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eric Holder is out as Attorney General and Loretta Lynch has been sworn in today, after a contentious battle in the Congress over her confirmation. President Obama immediately sent
AMES – A woman was found dead in an Iowa State dormitory, but no foul play is suspected. Iowa State University Police responded to a report of an unresponsive female in Friley
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Maryland Governor Larry Hogan today, at the request of Baltimore City, has signed an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard to address the
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who committed four bank robberies in Cedar Rapids was sentenced today to 31 years in federal prison. Javon Dockery, age 29, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the
CEDAR RAPIDS – Police nabbed two teens who displayed what appeared to be a handgun as they robbed three Cedar Rapids businesses since Saturday. According to Cedar Rapids police, with the assistance
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who witnesses saw stab a woman in a Marion, Iowa grocery store parking lot is in jail with a $1 million cash-only bond. Nicholas John Luerkens of
MANCHESTER, IA – Law enforcement in this small Iowa town were tipped off about an alleged sexual relationship between an adult male and a teen girl, leading to the man’s arrest. A
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who illegally returned to the United States to live in Hampton and used false documents to obtain employment was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison.
FREDERICKSBURG, IA – A man was found dead this morning inside a vehicle while parked at a Chickasaw county cemetery. The Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office reported today that this morning around 6:30
CHARLES CITY – A Floyd man is set for trial after being charged with felony second-degree sexual abuse of a child and aggravated misdemeanor indecent contact with a child in Floyd county
ROCKWELL – A teen was thrown from his all-terrain vehicle Sunday evening and was taken to Mercy Hospital. According to the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office, 15-year-old Thomas Neuhring of Rockwell was
WOOLSTOCK, IA – A rural North Iowa man lost control of his new pickup truck, ejecting him and claiming his life. According to the Iowa State Patrol, on April 26 at about
JACKSON COUNTY, IA – An Iowa woman and an infant are dead after a car crash over the weekend in a rural Iowa county. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 20-year-old Ellen
CORALVILLE – A convicted murderer died in prison over the weekend. Michael Corbin Rouse, age 62, an inmate assigned to the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, died Sunday April 26, 2015. Rouse
Opinion by Matt Marquardt, NorthIowaToday.com Publisher – First, let me thank a prominent local businessman for copying a blog post from the Globe Gazette’s John Skipper’s Facebook page and sending it to
AMES – Police quickly began investigating a bomb threat at Iowa State University after a long phone call Monday morning. On April 27, the Iowa State University Police Department received an 11-minute