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After being convicted of stealing the medication of multiple nursing home residents, a nurse from Preston has agreed to surrender her license. In June 2025, licensed practical nurse Jaci Moore, now 33, was charged by Waterloo police with third-degree theft after it was alleged she stole 74 items, putting some in her purse and some in a shopping cart, worth $847. She later pleaded guilty to the charge and received a deferred judgment. In October 2025, Linn County prosecutors alleged that Moore was working at the Heritage Specialty Care in Cedar Rapids in September 2025 when she “mis-administered and/or took” approximately 43 oxycodone pills by falsely claiming the patients had requested the medications and then falsely claiming she had administered the drugs. When interviewed by police, Moore allegedly admitted that she had an oxycodone addiction and also admitted stealing 10 or 12 of the patients’ oxycodone pills. She was charged with felony prohibited acts involving controlled substances. In December 2025, Linn County prosecutors charged Moore with a second count of prohibited acts. In that case, prosecutors alleged that an investigation by the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit found that while Moore was working as a nurse for the Harmony Cedar
CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) - A jury found a Princeton man not guilty on. to an August shooting in a Clinton Kwik Star parking lot. In August, 34-year-old Andy G. Simmons was arrested after a shooting in the parking lot of a Burger King and Kwik Star. Simmons was found not...
DONAHUE, Iowa — On their way to the 2026 National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, five FFA chapters made a stop in eastern Iowa for a hands-on look at modern dairy farming. At Cinnamon Ridge Farms, students got up close with a herd of Jersey cows, explored robotic milking technology, toured the farm’s cheese-making facility, and even sampled some of the most recently produced products.
While the majority of votes have been counted and winners declared in races, some are still being decided. The race between Nikhil Wagle and Scott Webster for the Iowa State Senate seat for District 47 has yet to be called, with all precincts reporting and a mere 151 votes separating the two. Kerri Tompkins, Scott […]
GALENA, Ill. — November 7, 2026 — The Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office is alerting residents to a phone scam making the rounds in the county, after the Jo Daviess County Circuit Clerk’s office received multiple reports of fraudulent calls. The callers claim to be from...
Scott County’s auditor announced an administrative audit for three precincts after intermittent DS200 machine Ballot Reject Code issues during the 2026 general election. Originally published by Iowa Pulse . For more verified Iowa news and real-time updates, follow Iowa Pulse.
