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• Sac County Proposes Scaled-Back Jail Replacement To Address Longstanding Voter Budget Concerns

  Published: Mar 19, 2026

  Section: Politics

  After voters rejected two previous multi-million dollar bond measures, Sac County officials have unveiled a new, streamlined proposal to replace the state's oldest jail. The revise...

• Charter School Founding Principal Arrested on First-Degree Harassment Charges in Iowa

  Published: Mar 17, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Justin Blietz, the founding principal of Cedar Rapids Prep, was arrested on Saturday following allegations that he made graphic death threats against a woman. The arrest occurred j...

• Muscatine County Jail Secures Seventy Five Percent Funding Increase for Federal Immigration Detention Amid New Transparency Restrictions

  Published: Mar 9, 2026

  Section: Immigration Policy

  Newly unsealed records reveal that the Muscatine County Jail received a $360,000 increase in federal funding for housing ICE detainees during the first year of a national immigrati...