Child protection officials appealed a judge's order to hold hearing before moving a child to home that allegedly lacked ...

Shawn Showers of Washington County has been appointed chief judge of the Eighth Judicial District, located in southeast Iowa. Showers, a district court judge, will succeed Chief Judge Myron Gookin, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court has approved major updates to the state’s child support guidelines, changes it says will make child support orders fairer and more consistent with today’s ...

The Iowa Supreme Court calendar for the coming year was recently announced, including several special sessions to hear oral arguments in Des Moines, at Drake and Iowa law schools, and in communities ...

ROYAL, Iowa (KTIV) - Royal, Iowa is gearing up to celebrate a major milestone...its 125th anniversary. This year’s Royal Fun Days promises a weekend packed full of activities, with locals eager to ...

DES MOINES — A divided Iowa Supreme Court last week upheld two laws restricting firearm access, one related to domestic violence protective orders and the other to possession of illegal drugs while ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision dismissing a former ...

Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court: (back row, l to r) Matthew McDermott, Christopher McDonald, Dana Oxley and David May; (front row, l to r) Thomas Waterman, Susan Christensen and Edward Mansfield. — ...

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen has a “boy robe” and a “girl robe,” which she wears on the bench as the mood strikes her. The “boy robe” belonged to her father, former Iowa Supreme ...

Eighth Judicial District Judge Shawn Showers listens to a witness during a hearing in Fairfield in 2022. Showers was appointed the district’s chief judge Friday morning. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy ...

DES MOINES — District Court Judge Shawn Showers has been appointed chief judge of Iowa’s Eighth Judicial District, succeeding Chief Judge Myron Gookin, who will retire July 7. Iowa Supreme Court Chief ...

Randy Evans is a retired journalist who is executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council. The Iowa Supreme Court gave citizen engagement and accessibility to public meetings a ...