An Ottumwa man was sentenced on September 6, 2024, to 40 years in federal prison for sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion of two victims, sex trafficking of one child, enticement and attempted enticement of two minors, and using the internet to facilitate prostitution after pleading guilty to all six charges in April 2024, roughly a week before his trial was scheduled to begin.
A Des Moines businessman has pleaded guilty to charges of sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of a child, as well as possession of child pornography.
There was one company in a city associated with Warren County that received an FDA inspection in August, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
There was one company in a city associated with Polk County that received an FDA inspection in August, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
A Council Bluffs man was sentenced on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, to 48 months in federal prison for two counts of possessing a firearm as a drug user.
Enrollment data for the nine universities in Polk County revealed white was the most common ethnicity among students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.