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24, May 2012 - Iowa lawyers urge judge to break up racial bias suit
One month after a Polk County judge rejected a "novel" class-action claim alleging racial bias by Iowa officials in state government hiring, Iowa lawyers appeared in court to ask a different judge to split remaining portions of the lawsuit into dozens of
23, May 2012 - Page, IA Iowa View: It's time to restore access to justice - Des Moines Register
It also draws attention to the fact that deep cuts in court budgets throughout the nation, including Iowa, have compromised the people’s access to justice. Another view: Stephen R. Eckley, president of Polk County Bar Association - "No courts ...
23, May 2012 - Police: Man kills former co-workers in Des Moines - MySanAntonio
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP ... Hawkinson was in the Polk County jail. He appeared before a judge Friday morning. Bond was set at $500,000. A public defender was approved, but an attorney had not yet been assigned to represent him. Des Moines police Sgt.
23, May 2012 - Page, IA ALCU files friend-of-court brief in same-sex birth certificate case, adds to growing pile of PDFs -
A 12-page ruling by Polk County District Judge Eliza Ovrom ... correctly interpret older Iowa laws in light of Varnum v. Brien, the April 2009 Iowa Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriages. State administrators are bound by ...
23, May 2012 - Des Moines, IA Man accused of sexual abuse against children back in Iowa - Des Moines Register
A Des Moines man accused of sexually abusing three ... Beaudrie had spent more than two weeks in the Cook County Jail but did not contest extradition to Iowa. Beaudrie was booked into the Polk County Jail around 9:20 p.m. Sunday.
23, May 2012 - UPDATE: Police arrest suspect in 2 shooting deaths in Iowa - Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) --- Des Moines police have arrested a suspect ... Hawkinson was being held in the Polk County jail Friday morning and had not appeared in court yet. DES MOINES (AP) --- Des Moines police says two men have been found shot ...
23, May 2012 - Police Say Two Dead in Trucking Company Shooting - KCRG.com
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP ... Hawkinson was in the Polk County jail. He appeared before a judge Friday morning. Bond was set at $500,000. A public defender was approved, but an attorney had not yet been assigned to represent him. Police also arrested ...
23, May 2012 - Clive, IA Police identify victims of Des Moines shooting - Globe Gazette
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP ... Hawkinson was in the Polk County jail. He appeared before a judge Friday morning. Bond was set at $500,000. A public defender was approved, but an attorney had not yet been assigned to represent him.
23, May 2012 - Clive, IA Attorney files appeal of ruling in state discrimination case - Radio Iowa
The lawyer representing ... filed an appeal of the Polk County District Court ruling that said they failed to prove they were discriminated against in hiring and promotions for state jobs. Thomas Newkirk of Des Moines said immediately after ...
22, May 2012 - Polk, IA COURT APPEAL: Convicted Murderer Wins New Trial
The Iowa Court of Appeals has vacated a Des Moines man’s murder conviction and ordered a new trial in the...
22, May 2012 - Arkansas man arrested by U.S. Marshals in Mason City - Radio Iowa
Wever remains in the Washington County Jail having been arrested on numerous charges in Arkansas including aggravated assault and obstructing governmental relations.
22, May 2012 - Polk, IA New trial granted in Des Moines murder case
The Iowa Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, has granted a new trial to a Des Moines man convicted in 2010 of shooting another man to death in a parking lot.
22, May 2012 - Man accused of sexually abusing kids back in Iowa - News-Democrat
He was booked into Polk County Jail on Sunday night, pending $200,000 bail. His wife, who was arrested in Des Moines on April 16, faces three counts of neglect. She's also in the Polk County Jail, pending $30,000 bail.
22, May 2012 - Polk, IA Justices: Combining condemnation appeals too risky
An Ankeny farmland owner in the path of a sewer project and an airport runway extension will have to go to court twice to fight for higher condemnation awards after the Iowa Supreme Court on Friday reversed a decision to combine two cases involving differ
22, May 2012 - Police: sleeping child found in mobile meth lab - KCCI.com
An Iowa couple has been charged with child neglect after Wisconsin police said they found a child sleeping ... Both were transported to the Grant County Jail without incident. The child was released to a family member shortly after the arrest.
22, May 2012 - Polk, IA Iowa teen accused of killing grandparents in court - WOI-TV
ELKADER, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa teenager accused of killing his grandparents at their home in Manchester has been formally charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Sweet made his initial court appearance on Tuesday in Clayton ...
22, May 2012 - Polk, IA Man Awaits Fate in 2nd Trial for Baby's Death
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Polk County jury has convicted a man in the death of a 7-month-old baby.
22, May 2012 - Des Moines, IA COURT APPEAL: Convicted Murderer Wins New Trial - msnbc.com
The Iowa Court of Appeals has vacated a Des Moines man’s murder conviction and ordered a ... I ain’t got nothing to say, like just take me to Polk County.” The court ruled that statement was an invocation of Grady’s 5 th Amendment ...
22, May 2012 - Jefferson, IA Man accused of sexually abusing kids back in Iowa - WAND TV
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A 36-year-old Des Moines man accused of sexually ... He was booked into Polk County Jail on Sunday night, pending $200,000 bail. His wife, who was arrested in Des Moines on April 16, faces three counts of neglect.
22, May 2012 - Ex-Drake Student Guilty of Abusing Frat Brother
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Drake University student was convicted Friday of repeatedly drugging and sexually assaulting a fraternity brother. Polk County Judge Scott Rosenberg found Anthony Bertolone, 22, guilty on five counts of third-degree sexual assault.
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