A new report on Thursday, Aug. 29, shows that the FBI failed to report 47% of child sex abuse cases to law enforcement ...

A Hiawatha man has been found guilty of human trafficking, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a minor, pimping, and prostitution.

Independence Police arrested a man for child sex abuse charges on Wednesday.32-year-old Austin Lavern Thein was reported to the authorties ...

He was sentenced to 25 years for state sex abuse charges and a concurrent 30 years for federal child porn charges.

A Linn County jury took only 90 minutes to convict a Hiawatha man of human trafficking a 17-year-old Dubuque victim. She ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.

A federal judge heard a request Thursday to block Iowa's so-called book ban law once again but did not issue a ruling.

Iowa LGBTQ+ advocacy and legal groups returned to federal district court on Thursday, seeking to block Senate File 496, also ...

Exposing minors to an "obscene performance" would be a crime under an Iowa Senate bill that critics fear could discourage ...

A former Dubuque police officer has been found not guilty of domestic abuse charges.Tyler Breitbach was accused of physically ...

A historic rebrand of the Boy Scouts of America has been followed by a small uptick in young people joining what will now be called Scouting America ...