Iowa City Crime

Crime, law and justice, and police blotter near Iowa City, IA or anywhere in the US.

Recent Crime News

• Herbicide leaks onto road near Iowa City following I...

  31 min ago | via The Gazette 

  Interstate 80 was closed for at least four hours on Wednesday whenA a tanker accident caused gallons of herbicide to spill near the highway.

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  Related Topix: Iowa City, IA, Johnson County, IA

• Dry Weather Brings Crop Concerns

  3 hrs ago | via KGAN 

  WYOMING, Iowa -- The warm and dry weather this spring was a blessing for many Iowa farmers.

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Wyoming, IA, Weather, 9, Iowa City, IA

• Iowa City Trash Hauler Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

  3 hrs ago | via KGAN 

  An Iowa City man who owned a trash-hauling business has pleaded guilty to ripping off customers by creating phony landfill receipts to overcharge them.

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  Related Topix: Coralville, IA, Iowa City, IA, CBS, Media, Television, 9, Showtime Networks

• Iowa Dairy and Cheese Co-op Settles with EPA

  3 hrs ago | via KGAN 

  Federal authorities say a Davenport-based dairy and cheese co-op has agreed to pay a civil penalty of nearly $34,000 to settle allegations made by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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  Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Luana, IA, Iowa City, IA, CBS, Media, Television, Showtime Networks

• USS Iowa Reaches Southern California

  4 hrs ago | via KGAN 

  The World War II-era battleship USS Iowa has arrived off the Port of Los Angeles, where it will become a museum.

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  Related Topix: Iowa City, IA, Coralville, IA, CBS, Media, 9, Fox Filmed Entertainment

• Iowa Seeks Payment Plan Options at Farmers Markets

  4 hrs ago | via KGAN 

  Iowa is scrambling to develop a plan for spending federal money to expand payment options at its 200 farmers markets.

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  Related Topix: Iowa City, IA, Coralville, IA, CBS, Media, Television, Showtime Networks, 9

• Branstad Names Lukan as Drug Office Director

  4 hrs ago | via KGAN 

  Gov. Terry Branstad has named retiring Rep. Steve Lukan as the director of the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy.

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  Related Topix: Terry Branstad, US Governors, Iowa City, IA, Coralville, IA, CBS, 9

• Judge OKs Evaluation for Iowa Boy in Mom's Death

  4 hrs ago | via KGAN 

  A judge has agreed to a state evaluation of a 13-year-old Osage boy suspected of killing his mother without the boy's attorney being present.

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  Related Topix: Iowa City, IA, Coralville, IA, CBS, 9

• Teen Killed Driving to Crash Involving Another Teen

  5 hrs ago | via KCRG 

  WILTON, Iowa - A Wilton girl died in a wreck as she was on her way to a separate crash involving a friend.

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  Related Topix: Wilton, IA, Muscatine, IA, Iowa City, IA

• A Tale Of Seven Turkeys and a Chicken

  Yesterday | via KGAN 

  CENTER JUNCTION, Iowa -- The chicken at Sheryl Dlask's farm has its hands full. "I think seven eggs was plenty," Sheryl says.

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  Related Topix: Center Junction, IA, Iowa City, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Johnson County, IA

• Police: Iowan accused of taking flags was drinking

  Tuesday | via KEYC Television, Mankato, MN 

  IOWA CITY, Iowa - An Iowa City man who police say was stealing American flags at a cemetery on Memorial Day has been charged with public intoxication.

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  Related Topix: Iowa City, IA, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Johnson County, IA

• Iowa City Man Accused of Providing Alcohol to Teens

  Tuesday | via KGAN 

  IOWA CITY, Iowa -- An Iowa City man supplied alcohol to two teenage boys after he befriended them, according to Iowa City police.

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  Related Topix: Iowa City, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Johnson County, IA, CBS

• Urbandale Police Release Info on Child's Death

  Tuesday | via KGAN 

  Police says an autopsy on 13-month-old girl found dead at an in-home daycare in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale found no evidence of blunt force trauma and investigators are now waiting for a toxicology report to help determine a possible cause of death.

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  Related Topix: Des Moines, IA, Iowa City, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA

• Neighbors Concerned over Iowa City Landfill Fire

  Tuesday | via KGAN 

  IOWA, Iowa - Flames are still scorching the landscape at the Iowa City Landfill and if it wasn't for a thick cloud of smoke, it would have been a morning of blue skies.

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  Related Topix: CBS, Media, Television, Showtime Networks, Iowa City, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA

• Firms to Pay $1M for Spills in Iowa, Neb., Kan.

  Tuesday | via KGAN 

  The Texas-based pipeline company paying a fine of more than $1 million says it is glad to resolve concerns about three spills in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.

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  Related Topix: Iowa City, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Johnson County, IA, CBS

• One Dead in Single Vehicle Crash Near Solon

  Tuesday | via KGAN 

  JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa -- The Iowa State Patrol reports that one person has died in a single vehicle crash near Solon Monday night.

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  Related Topix: Johnson County, IA, Iowa City, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA

• Overnight Stabbing in Waterloo Sends Man to the Hosp...

  Tuesday | via KGAN 

  WATERLOO, Iowa -- An overnight stabbing sends one man to the hospital in Waterloo.

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  Related Topix: Waterloo, IA, Iowa City, IA, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

• Iowa Gas Prices Down Slightly More Than National Ave...

  Tuesday | via KGAN 

  CEDAR RAPIDS - Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa have fallen 3.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.42/g yesterday.

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  Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa City, IA, Johnson County, IA, Media, Fox Filmed Entertainment

• Des Moines Police Say Officer Ran Over Person

  Tuesday | via KGAN 

  Des Moines police say a police cruiser has run over the legs of a woman who was partially lying in a street.

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  Related Topix: Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Iowa City, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA

• Davenport Orders Survey of City's Street Trees

  Tuesday | via KGAN 

  Davenport is preparing for the onslaught of a tree-killing beetle by commissioning an inventory survey of the city's street trees.

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  Related Topix: Iowa City, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Johnson County, IA