Iowa City Owl

A $20,000 warrant has been issued for Natasha Kriener, the 26-year-old mother accused of giving her 23-month-old son alcohol. She failed to appear for her pretrial conference that was scheduled. [ads]According to thegazette.

A judge in Iowa City recently ruled that a mother serving time in prison for murder will be allowed to see her children while she remains incarcerated, according to bradenton.com. [ads]Tracey Richter was convicted of killing her neighbor and is serving prison time in Mitchellville for the crime.

This morning brought tragedy to Iowa City. A 19-year-old Iowa City native was killed in a single car crash early this morning, according to the Iowa City Patch website. She was the only one killed and her vehicle was the only one involved in the crash, according to reports.

Iowa City's own outspoken gay marriage activist Zach Wahls joins the Hawkeyes for the "Yes on Retention" campaign for this year. The campaign is to support retention of four Iowa Supreme Court judges that are up this year for the decision.

Iowa City's own outspoken gay marriage activist Zach Wahls joins the Hawkeyes for the "Yes on Retention" campaign for this year. The campaign is to support retention of four Iowa Supreme Court judges that are up this year for the decision.

A judge has ruled that former Peregrine Financial Group founder and CEO Russ Wasendorf Sr. will be released from jail while he waits to be sentenced, according to bellinghamherald.com. [ads]Russ Wasendorf will plead guilty to a list of charges associated with a 20-year scam that took millions of dollars from customers.

The Iowa egg industry has met nothing but problems lately linking back to the 2010 salmonella outbreak. Now, a former manager at one of the egg farms involved in the outbreak pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of conspiracy to bribe a federal inspector.

A brother and sister pair have been arrested with a man from Ohio. The group has been charged with sex-trafficking after an investigation. [ads]According to kcrg.com, an investigation discovered that 20-year-old Malik McKee and 23-year-old Shuntina McKee, both of Iowa City, took three minor girls from Iowa City to Chicago with intent of prostitution.

Recently, a statement was released announcing that a company that had been under oversight by the FDA already had another brush with salmonella and had withheld some eggs to protect consumers until the danger was averted.

The trial for Miranda Lalla, the Iowa City woman accused of running over and killing her friend in June, has been rescheduled recently as she waived her right to a speedy trial. [ads]50 year-old Lalla was set to face trial for vehicular homicide after running over her friend, 44-year-old Pamela Gross on the evening of June 17 after the two got into a fight.