Courthouse Security Push Highlights Funding Limits
Iowa counties juggle security with limited budgets as eight counties lack airport screening and 23 have no security plans. Judges fear for safety amid volatile courthouse moments while authorities pursue training and coordinated drills across judicial and county offices.
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Iowa
David Boyd
Boyd
Jackson County
Koos
Cedar Rapids and coalition push nutrient runoff reduction plan
Conservation groups propose solutions with Cedar Rapids to cut nitrate runoff into the Cedar River. Farmers like Ben Fehl describe cover crops as boosting yields and water quality while preparing for potential regulation. The Cedar River Watershed Coalition tour highlights progress and contrasts with the Des Moines Water Works lawsuit.
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Wolf Creek
Fehl
Masonville
Dennis Lindsay
Cedar River Watershed Coalition
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Waterworks
Steve Hershner
Middle Cedar
Cedar River
Cedar
Mohawk Park
Hershner
Des Moines
Des Moines Water Works
Rob Hogg
D-Cedar
Orlan Love
the Gazette
Adam Kiel
Iowa Soybean Association
Miller Creek
Pastor Villatoro may face deportation despite broad support
The case centers on Max Villatoro a pastor from Iowa City arrested March 8 in a national sweep of unauthorized immigrants with prior convictions. Supporters including his wife and four children march in solidarity amid fears of kidnapping in Honduras and renewed push to stop his removal.
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Leopold
Villatoro
Iowa City
Gloria
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Twe
Gloria Villatoro
ICE
Honduras
Imelda
San Pedro Sula
David Boshart
Central Plains Mennonite Conference
Mexico
Citizens’ Council For Public Security and Criminal Justice
Max
Sarah) Saldana
Anthony
Dan Vondra
University of Iowa
United States
Vondra
Walford teen sex abuse charge dropped after key witness moves
An 18 year old Walford man had a second degree sexual abuse charge dismissed in Linn County District Court after the victim, who was 14 at the time of the 2013 incident, moved out of state and refused to testify. The case previously had two mistrials, with co defendant Isaac Hall convicted elsewhere.
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Walford
Linn
Linn County
Jerry Vander Sanden
Vander Sanden
Justin Purcell
Purcell
Marion
Isaac Hall
Fairfax
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