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VIDEO: Cedar Rapids Family Fears Parents Bodies Were Stolen from Burr Oak Cemetery Graves

Cedar Rapids Family Fears Parents Bodies Were Stolen from Graves (KCRG)
Of the ten plots [Lydia] Evans family had next to each other, relatives living in Cedar Rapids and near Chicago can only find their aunt’s head stone. “But all around her grave, was empty lots,” said daughter Elizabeth McKinney. …

Chicago man in SUV allegedly ran over two Des Moines women, who then died; Police say over 100 at scene

Witnesses say large fight preceded 2 Des Moines deaths
Travaris Chancellor of Chicago was charged after detectives interviewed a dozen witnesses into the early-morning hours Sunday and concluded he intended to kill the women, police said. Chancellor allegedly ran over the two women with a white 1999 Ford Explorer…near 21st Street and Forest Avenue. …

University of Iowa settles open records lawsuit; UI Presidential Search Committee was sued in 2007

UI settles open records lawsuit
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University of Iowa settles open records lawsuit
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The University of Iowa has settled a lawsuit over violations of the state’s open meetings law during its search for a new president.
Harold Hammond, a professor emeritus of oral pathology, radiology and medicine, filed the lawsuit in 2007, claiming the [...]

Judge Linda Reade denies Sholom Rubashkin’s request to move trial out of Iowa

Judge denies Rubashkin’s request to move trial
Judge Linda Reade today rejected the motion by defense attorneys, but suggested that she could change her mind as the Sept. 8 trial date nears. Reade issued a similar ruling in March, but allowed …

With Iowan’s case U.S. Supreme Court decision today makes it harder to prove age discrimination

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has made it harder to prove discrimination on the basis of age, ruling against an employee in his mid-50s who says he was demoted because of his age.
In a 5-4 decision Thursday written by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court said a worker has to prove that age was the [...]

Man claims to be Iowan’s missing child from 1955; Jerry Damman and son Stephen in 1950s Gazettes

Iowa man wonders if mystery visitor is missing son

MELANIE S. WELTE
Associated Press Writer
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — When a mysterious visitor showed up last fall at Jerry Damman’s Iowa farm, there wasn’t any reason for him to suspect it was the toddler son who long ago vanished from a stroller in front of a New York [...]

Suspect discharges shotgun during liquor store robbery (Waterloo)

Waterloo Police Department release
On June 12, 2009 at approximately 1 a.m., Waterloo Police Officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at Liquor and Tobacco, located at 508 Broadway Street. Officers learned that a black male entered the store with a shotgun and demanded money. He then discharged the shotgun into the wall, next [...]

2 Des Moines officers accused of excessive force resign

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Two Des Moines police officers accused of using excessive force during a traffic stop last year have resigned.
Des Moines Police Chief Judy Bradshaw announced the resignations on Wednesday, saying that an internal investigation found that officers John Mailander and Mersed Dautovic used excessive force during the Sept. 13, 2008, traffic [...]

Pastor, lawyer, fmr state agency head receive deferred judgments after prostitution sting

Probation for men in West Des Moines prostitution sting
If the men do not violate probation, no judgment of guilt will be entered in the cases. They faced up to two years in prison for the prostitution charge, an aggravated misdemeanor. …