He was released after his arrest. A damaged Satanic display is shown at the Iowa state Capitol on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Mississippi man accused of destroying statue of pagan idol at Iowa state Capitol takes plea deal By: The Associated Press Posted: 3:49 PM CDT Friday, May. 24, 2024 Last Modified: 4:36 PM CDT ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — This year’s Iowa legislative session kicked off Monday with student protestors filling the Capitol rotunda to call for stricter gun laws just days after a school ...

The Satanic Temple of Iowa was supposed to throw a holiday celebration on Saturday — exactly one year after a statue depicting the pagan idol Baphomet was destroyed in the display at the State Capitol ...

According to USA TODAY, America’s No. 1 source for news on satanic holiday displays, a group called the Satanic Temple of Iowa installed a demonic-ish mirror-covered ram’s head atop a red-cloaked ...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) -- Matt Windschitl has spent nearly half of his life as an Iowa legislator and in 2019 rose to the second highest position in the house ...

Cassidy admitted in writing that he “partially dismantled a display in the Iowa State Capitol Building, without a right/license to do so,” and that the damage was greater than $750.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge in return… ...