When Miguel Tirado’s legs were pinned this summer in a conveyor belt at an Iowa grain co-op, he didn’t think he’d make it home to his wife and daughter
The accident at Mid-Iowa Coop in Toledo highlights the way Iowa’s agriculture and construction industries depend on contractors and subcontractors many that employ vulnerable employees to do some of the most dangerous jobs.
The man, who held a knife to a woman’s neck, choked her and tried to smother her with a pillow as he sexually assaulted her, pleaded to third-degree sex abuse and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
An Illinois man will plead guilty next week to one of his charges from a 2021 fatal crash on I-380. He was intoxicated and crashed his pickup truck into an SUV, killing 23-year-old David Nguyen of Cedar Rapids, according to court documents.