A former southeast Iowa middle school teacher is being sentenced after sending improper messages to a student six years ago. Forty-two-year-old Zachary Barr of Ottumwa will serve a pair of five-year concurrent prison sentences after pleading guilty to enticing a minor and sexual exploitation by a school employee. In 2018, Barr, then a sixth-grade teacher […]
Bill makes smuggling undocumented immigrants a crime in Iowa
March 8, 2024
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a
