CEDAR RAPIDS – Closing arguments are expected today in the first degree murder trial of Karina Cooper, bringing to a close a little more than six days of emotional and often intense courtroom proceedings. Cooper, 48, of Traer is charged with first-degree murder in the 2021 shooting death ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Emotions ran high inside the Linn County Courthouse on Wednesday, July 2, as the first degree murder trial of Karina Cooper, a rural Traer resident accused of killing her husband Ryan on June 18, 2021, began with opening arguments from the prosecution and defense. Aaron ...
CEDAR RAPIDS - Scenes from the fourth day of Karina Cooper's first-degree murder trial taking place in Cedar Rapids at the Linn County Courthouse. All photos courtesy of The Gazette newspaper. Click here for Tama-Grundy Publishing's story on the trial's first day of testimony.
TRAER – A North Tama teacher has been placed on administrative leave in the wake of her arrest on Monday, June 23, by the Tama County Sheriff’s Department at the Traer Municipal Swimming Pool for public intoxication and child endangerment. On June 24, Jennifer Alyssa Boerm, 40, of Traer ...
TRAER – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is conducting 11 in-person farmland lease meetings in Central Iowa in early August. Meeting sites include Altoona, Ames, Boone, Grinnell, Grundy Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Newton, Marshalltown, Oskaloosa, and Traer. Participants will ...
Telegraph Note: This story will publish as part of postseason ball coverage in the Friday, July 18 print edition of the North Tama Telegraph. It is being published online now to coordinate with the Times-Republican’s schedule. TRAER — North Tama senior left-hander Josh Dostal pitched a ...
Telegraph Note: This story will publish as part of postseason ball coverage in the Friday, July 18 print edition of the North Tama Telegraph. It is being published online now to coordinate with the Times-Republican's schedule. TRAER — The North Tama baseball team broke free from Prince of ...
TRAER – It may not be a honky-tonky dancehall, but on Wednesday, June 25, Traer Ripley United Church of Christ’s The Parsonage pulled out all the steps — root beer floats included — to welcome Tama County native Katie (née Wedmore) Sires of Katie and the Honky Tonks (KTHT) as part of ...
TRAER – A Waterloo woman who had just finished a shift last Saturday morning at Westbrook Acres in Gladbrook suffered serious injuries as the result of a single-vehicle crash along US 63 north of Traer. According to the accident report, Sairheya Pernell, 23, of Waterloo was driving a 2006 ...
CEDAR FALLS — New alumni were added to the roster of graduates of the University of Northern Iowa. Area students receiving UNI degrees include: -Olyvia Blunk, of Dysart, Bachelor of Arts, Communication Disorders -Hannah Farris, of Dysart, Master of Arts in Education, Elementary ...