Crime

The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department has charged a 66-year-old man with first degree murder.

A 19-year-old woman was arrested early Sunday morning following a high-speed police chase that ended in a crash involving multiple parked vehicles.

A former South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) employee was convicted Thursday for stealing approximately $1.8 million in state and federal funds allocated to the department’s Child Protection Services.

A Spencer man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges. 32-year-old Dylan Halbur admitted in Sioux City federal court to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Luis Contreras-Deciga, 24, from Cherokee, will face trial in Woodbury County for the alleged murder of his infant child.

A 38-year-old woman from Fort Dodge, Francesca Vasques, was arrested during a traffic stop on Highway 18

Des Moines man in a stolen vehicle led law enforcement officials from Clay and Dickinson County on a chase exceeding 100 miles per hour Saturday morning

A warrant issued by the United States District Court Northern District of Iowa led to the arrest of Brian Oakleaf, age 52 of Storm Lake, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office ruled that the actions of law enforcement officers during a January standoff in Storm Lake were legally justified.

57-year-old David Specketer of Emmetsburg sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute near Emmetsburg High School.