A body was discovered in a rural area east of Clare in Webster County on Saturday afternoon. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is assisting the Webster County Sheriff’s Department in the investigation. An autopsy is to be performed on the body. The name of the victim has not been released until all relatives are […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa State tackle Jake Campos is even more anxious for the new season to begin. The former West Des Moines Valley standout entered last season as the Cyclones most experienced offensive lineman. But a broken leg in fall camp ended his season before it began and Campos hopes to lead an improved offensive line. “We […]Powered by WPeMatico
A man from Marengo has been charged with operating while intoxicated vehicular homicide for an accident early Sunday morning on Interstate 80 that killed the passenger in his pick-up. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a semi had been on the shoulder of eastbound I80 near Malcom. It was in the right lane and accelerating […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s top politicians are responding to this weekend’s events in Virginia. Iowa Republican Party chairman Jeff Kaufmann was the first to issue a statement Saturday via Twitter. Kaufmann said the “racism and bigotry on display in Charlottesville is stupid, shameful and destructive.” Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley was next, saying what “white nationalists” were doing in Charlottesville was […]Powered by WPeMatico
A state board has issued its ruling on a dispute about the property taxes Archer Daniels Midland owed in 2015 on its facilities in Clinton. Clinton Mayor Mark Vulich says ADM is challenging its property tax assessments for 2016 and 2017 as well. “It will be an ongoing process that each tax year ADM is […]Powered by WPeMatico
Win McNamee/Getty Images(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.)-- The 20-year-old Ohio man police say accelerated his car into a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia in an incident that left one dead and 19 injured "thought the Nazis were pretty cool guys," according to his former history teacher. James Alex Fields Jr. was charged with second-degree murder following Saturday’s incident. Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old victim, was marching alongside members of the Democratic Socialists of […]
Facebook(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- The mother of the 32-year-old woman who died after a car rammed into a crowd that was marching in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday said her daughter was always defended her beliefs."Heather was a very passionate person," Susan Bro, the mother of victim Heather Heyer, told ABC News. "She had very strong beliefs, and even as a small child, she was fierce about defending her beliefs.""She didn’t do […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- Protesters from both sides of Saturday’s conflict in Charlottesville, Virginia, have criticized the efforts of police to reign in the violence that took place prior to and during a large gathering of white nationalists in the college town.The violence, which started on Friday night and then intensified on Saturday, killed Heather Heyer, 32, an activist who was marching against the white nationalists who descended upon […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- The ramming of a car Saturday afternoon into a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Virginia, leaving one dead and several injured at the scene, has left many lawmakers and ordinary Americans shocked and upset. And there were two other fatalities related to the rally: A Virginia State Police helicopter crashed into woods nearby, killing two officers. Lt. H. Jay Cullen and Trooper-Pilot Berke […]
