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After 23 years in United States, a Des Moines mother of 3 is jailed by ICE A judge ruled the federal government has violated the due process rights of a mother of three who was detained in the Polk County Jail after a…
Missouri Valley nurse charged with medication-related misconduct by state board Two Iowa nursing home workers are facing disciplinary charges for allegedly stealing the medications of residents at two separate facilities.
Judge hands Honey Creek Resort back to Iowa, lifting injunction A judge on Tuesday vacated his Dec. 26 temporary injunction that had returned control of the resort to the company following a state takeover …
US Attorney David Waterman says Iowa prosecutor's post 'not political' The vast majority of criminal cases filed in Iowa each year originate with state and county law enforcement.
Iowa judge blocks ICE’s efforts to deport Bolivian man to Congo A Bolivian asylum seeker who was unlawfully jailed in Muscatine County before his release in January now faces deportation to Congo.
