Police Reveal Details of Friday Home Invasion, Shootings, in Ottumwa
Two Ottumwa men have been charged with burglary, robbery and attempted murder, for their parts in a home invasion last Friday in the 800 block of South Lillian Street in Ottumwa. The Wapello County Attorney’s Office says three armed men forced their way into the home and stole an undisclosed amount of property from the…… read more »
Hubbell Talks Mental Health in the Cedar Valley and Corridor this Week
Iowa’s Democrat candidate for governor is in the Cedar Valley this(Mon) afternoon. Retired businessman Fred Hubbell is scheduled to talk about mental health care at Pathways Behavioral Services on University Avenue in Waterloo. This Wednesday morning at 10:30, Hubbell will participate in a mental health roundtable in the Linn County Sheriff’s Office first floor classroom…… read more »
Cedar Rapids Woman Arrested for September, 2017 Fatalities near Walford
A Cedar Rapids woman has been charged with four counts of vehicular homicide, 10 months after a traffic accident in Linn County that took the lives of two people. Sheriff’s deputies say 23-year old Brianna Stastny was southbound on Highway-151 just before 11:30 the night of September 29th of last year. As her car approached…… read more »
Body Found in Lee County Identified as Muscatine Woman
Authorities in far southeast Lee County, Iowa have revealed the identity of a 20-year old woman whose body was found late yesterday(Sun) morning along a gravel road south of West Point. Sadie Alvarado was from Muscatine. Further investigation by Lee County authorities and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation led to the arrest of 28-year…… read more »
Young Woman’s Body Found in Lee County Not That of Mollie Tibbetts
Authorities say the body of a young woman found early yesterday(Sun) morning southwest of West Point in southeast Iowa is not that of a missing University of Iowa student. Special Agent Rick Rahn of the Iowa Criminal Investigation Division says officials have confirmed the body is not that of Mollie Tibbetts, who’s been missing since…… read more »
Cedar Falls Council Will Consider More College Hill Parking, but Not Five-Story Apartment and Retail Development Tonight
The Cedar Falls City Council will hold a 6:20 Committee-of-the-Whole meeting tonight(Mon), to discuss a number of reviews of the downtown building design ordinance. During the regular meeting at 7 o’clock, the council will hold a public hearing on plans for a 29-space parking lot where two houses now stand, at 1015 & 1021 West…… read more »