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Des Moines Register Bahena Rivera, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Tibbetts, whose July 2018 disappearance sparked a massive monthlong manhunt around her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa, before her body was found concealed in a cornfield in southeast Poweshiek County. The state medical examiner described at least nine separate stab wounds found on her body, including one to the side of her head that penetrated her skull. Bahena Rivera pleaded not guilty, and after multiple delays , his trial began last week at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport. Here...

A second man charged in a gruesome 2019 homicide has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and faces up to 70 years in prison. Bryan Norris, 28, faced four charges in the death of 23-year-old Marshal Johnson, including a first-degree murder charge, which could have put him in prison for life. Court records show he pleaded guilty Monday in a deal that reduces that charge to attempted murder. Johnson was shot and had his neck slashed sometime in late July 2019. His body was then wrapped in plastic and buried, then exhumed, partially burned and reburied before eventually being found near the f...

Three years ago, Mollie Tibbetts went out for a run. Her disappearance kicked off a massive search effort by hundreds of volunteers and drew national attention, including from President Donald Trump. The search ended more than a month later with the discovery of her body and the arrest of a local farmhand, Cristhian Bahena Rivera, on charges of first-degree murder. Now, after years of legal work and many delays, Bahena Rivera's case is about to go to trial. Jury selection will begin Monday in Davenport, where the trial will be held at the Scott County Courthouse. A case with such a high pro...

Now, let's get to this week's questions, which focus on how T.J. Otzelberger and his staff have had their early recruiting success, the latest with Iowa target transfer Filip Rebraca, how realistic Drake's chances are with Josh Dix, what's next for Iowa State football recruiting and where Iowa transfer CJ Fredrick will end up.  Why is T.J. Otzelberger having such early recruiting success? There's no secret ingredient in recruiting. Some tactics work with some targets and fail miserably with others. Some prospects love a certain style of coaching. Others hate it. Anyone who says they know ...

Des Moines Register In a move that fell short of satisfying a union call for an independent review, Iowa corrections officials have brought in investigators from two neighboring states to probe the March killings of two Anamosa State Penitentiary workers. A team of six investigators from the Minnesota and South Dakota corrections departments arrived in Anamosa this week to begin probing the March 23 slayings of correctional officer Robert McFarland and registered nurse Lorena Schulte, Iowa Department of Corrections spokesman Cord Overton said Thursday. State officials have charged two...