Keokuk Woman Testifies in Baby-Plot Murder Trial
Keokuk resident Kimmi Hardy testified denying luring Theresa Lund to her home and killing her to take Lund's baby. Prosecutors called Hardy a liar as jurors hear closing arguments in the murder case. trial resumes with Turn to 12A.
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Keokuk
Kimmi Hardy
Theresa Lund
Hardy
Lund
Paul
Carl McMurray
Laura Amundson
South Lee County
Florida
Anthony Matrona
Matrona
Bruce McDonald
Robert
Chicago
Marion woman fights city over nuisance cottonwood tree
Phyllis Owen of Marion appeals a city order to remove a backyard cottonwood deemed a nuisance by neighbors. Her attorney says state law wrongly targets cottonwoods. Owen offers to hire an industrial lawn vacuum to clean affected yards while preserving the tree. Council hearing tonight at 7, with original complainant Council member John McSweeny weighing in.
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Cindy Haasazette
Marion
Phyllis Owen
Valleyview Dr
Robert Hearsty
Waterloo
Owen
John McSweeny
McSweeny
Hearsty
John Walkowiak
Ex-baby sitter acquitted in third murder trial
Former Marshalltown nanny Mary Weaver, 45, is found not guilty on first degree murder and child endangerment charges in Fort Dodge after a third trial over 11 month old Melissa Mathes's death. Prosecution argued shaking caused brain damage. defense cited accidental head injury.
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Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Mary Weaver
Weaver
Melissa Mathes
Carl Peterson
Iowa Supreme Court
Tessia Mathes
Flossie Wall
Evelyn Branch
Elaine Kail
Melissa
Thomas Bennett
Death penalty bill clears Iowa committee on capital cases
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-7 to apply the death penalty to inmates who kill in prison or commit multiple capital crimes. Two members opposed advancing it on to the full Senate, and Governor Branstad backs a broader approach including murders by violent inmates and offenders 16 or older. The earliest floor debate would be the week of March 17.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Senate
Iowa
Senate Judiciary Committee
Andy McKean
R-Anamosa
McKean
David Hudson
Terry Branstad
Branstad
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Andre Woolridge
J-Hawk
Jefferson High
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