A former finance assistant for the City of Spencer has pleaded guilty to first degree theft and a judge has ordered her to repay the city tens of thousands of dollars in restitution. Fifty-three-year-old Lavonne Bell was sentenced to a 10 year deferred sentence if she successfully completes probation of up to three years and […]

Bill makes smuggling undocumented immigrants a crime in Iowa
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a





