IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – One person was arrested in downtown Iowa City on Saturday after a report of gunshots, according to officials. At around 3:56 p.m., the Iowa City Police Department was sent to a report of a person with a gun near the corner of East College and South Clinton Streets, located on the west end of the downtown Pedestrian Mall. Police arrived and were able to take the alleged shooter into custody. Their name has not been released. Officials believe that nobody was hurt in the incident. Officers gathered evidence that gunshots had been fired at the scene. Police noted that their quick response was aided by “timely witness information provided to dispatchers.” An investigation into the matter is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Iowa City Police Department at (319) 356-5275. Witnesses may also contact Iowa City Area Crimestoppers at (319) 358-TIPS.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Police in Iowa City are looking into an incident on the south side of Iowa City on Saturday afternoon. At around 4:40 p.m., Iowa City Police were sent to a report of gunshots in the area of Cross Park Avenue and Keokuk Street. Officers did not locate any evidence that gunshots had been fired. Police believe there is no connection to the downtown Iowa City shots-fired incident. Investigation into the matter is ongoing.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged the wife of a northwestern Iowa county supervisor with 52 counts of voter fraud to help her husband’s ultimately unsuccessful race for a Republican nomination to run for Congress in 2020. The U.S. attorney’s office says 49-year-old Kim Phuong Taylor was arrested Thursday and pleaded not guilty to all charges. They allege that she filled out voter registration forms and delivered absentee ballots for people in Sioux City’s Vietnamese community, sometimes without their knowledge. Her husband, Woodbury County supervisor Jeremy Taylor, was seeking the Republican nomination in June 2020 for Iowa’s 4th District congressional seat. Prosecutors say she committed similar fraud before her husband’s successful November 2020 campaign for the county board.
CEDAR COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – One person died following a Cedar County crash just after 3:00 a.m. Saturday. According to the Iowa State Patrol, troopers believe a car was heading east in the westbound lanes on Interstate 80 close to mile marker 277. A semi-truck traveling the correct direction in the westbound lanes collided head-on with the car. Both vehicles came to rest in the median. Officials said that the driver of the car died in the crash. Their name is being withheld until the family can be notified. The accident is currently under investigation.
