From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:
Willard Noble Chaiden Miller has been sentenced to life in prison with a possibility of parole after serving 35 years. That’s the sentence handed down Thursday after he admitted he and Jeremy Goodale beat their teacher, Nohema Graber, to death with a baseball bat in a Fairfield park in November 2021. They said they were mad about a grade she gave in her class. The two suspects were 16 at the time. Miller will now start to serve his team at the Youthful Offender Unit at the Oakdale campus in Coralville. Jeremy Goodale, the other teen charged in the murder of Graber, will be sentenced later this summer.
Fort Dodge police say the person shot and killed on July 4th was a 15-year-old boy. Officers say Jameel Redding-Pettigrew was shot late Tuesday night at the intersection of South 15th Street and Fourth Avenue South. He died at the scene. Police say they are still looking for 18-year-old Jamarrion Davis of Ankeny in connection with the shooting. Fort Dodge Police say Davis should be considered armed and dangerous. Crimestoppers is offering a reward to anyone with information which leads to his arrest.
Iowa City police have arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with a sexual assault investigation from last year. Asante Adams of North Liberty faces sexual abuse, robbery and burglary charges. Police say in September of last year, Adams burst into the victim’s home on South Lucas Street. They say he took her phone and money before sexually assaulting her and running away. Investigators say DNA also connected Adams to sexual assaults in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. He is accused of breaking into and burglarizing homes and sexually abusing the victims. Those happened in March and April of this year.
Iowa’s Students’ First Education Savings Account program received more than 29,000 applications. The Governor’s Office reports 60 percent of those who applied for vouchers are already in private schools. The state has approved more than 17,000 applications already, but the governor’s office says only about 9,000 private school slots are available. Under the ESA program, parents and guardians can receive $7,600 dollars to help pay for their children’s private school tuition.
