Month: August 2017

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National

Juror in father-daughter murder trial: ‘No doubt in my mind’ guilty verdict was ‘right choice’

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Three of the jurors who found former FBI agent Thomas Martens and his daughter, Molly Corbett, guilty of murdering her husband Wednesday told ABC News' 20/20 that they believe the father-daughter pair’s self-defense story was a cover-up.“The evidence, to me, did not suggest that the story that was fabricated ever occurred,” juror Miriam Figueroa said. “There was no doubt in my mind that I made, and […]

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State News

One missing Central Iowa woman found, another still missing

The Iowa Department of Public Safety says one missing woman from Central Iowa has been located, while another is still missing. The DPS says MacKenzie Knigge of Clare and the 2006 silver Pontiac Montana that had been the subject of a search were located in Lafayette, Indiana. The news release says Jessica Gomez has not […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayAugust 11, 2017

State News

Former Des Moines teller sentenced to prison for taking money from bank

A central Iowa woman will spend five months in prison for stealing cash deposits from the bank where she worked. Thirty-four-year-old Lacey Nicolino of Des Moines reached a plea agreement where she admitted to embezzlement from the Bankers Trust branch where she worked in Des Moines. She admitted that while working as a teller she […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Featured

YMCA Holds Meet and Greet For New CEO

Drivers on Plank Road in Keokuk Thursday afternoon had to beware of pedestrians for a variety of reasons. Not only was varsity football practice taking place at the practice field but community members walked casually back and forth between the YMCA and the high school. At the same time as superintendent Christine Barnes introduction was a meet and greet for the brand new CEO Mark Smidt at the Hoerner YMCA […]

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Featured

New Keokuk School District Superintendent Meets the Community

Keokuk community members were introduced to the school district’s new superintendent Thursday afternoon. Christine Barnes shook hands and got to know residents of Keokuk for nearly 2 hours from 5 until 7PM Thursday and it appeared that every one of the 50 to 60 people she talked to left impressed. Christine spoke about what it was about Keokuk that caused her to move from southwest Michigan to join the district. […]

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Featured

Keokuk Football Off and Running

If anyone needs a reminder of what sports season is around the corner all they need to do is drive by Keokuk high school around 4PM in the afternoon. The sight of teenage young men in full pads and helmets flying around the practice field with clouds of dust in their trails means one thing, football season is near. Beginning Monday afternoon head coach Matt McGhghy has had his squad […]

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Featured

Murder Mystery Invades Keokuk Thursday and Friday

Two of Keokuk’s historic entities are teaming up for a murder mystery dinner theater. The Great River Players will perform Café Murder in conjunction with America’s First Great Dam Museum Thursday and Friday night.  Both the GRP and the Dam Museum will split the proceeds from the sale of tickets to the production which cost 35 dollars apiece and include dinner catered by Angelini’s Ristorante Italiano. Dam Museum Treasurer Kathy […]

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State News

Women who admit they vandalized oil pipeline say FBI raided their house

Two women who’ve claimed responsibility for vandalizing the Dakota Access Pipeline in Iowa and other states say federal agents have raided the Des Moines Catholic Worker House where they’re staying. A spokesman for 27-year-old Ruby Montoya and 35-year-old Jessica Reznicek says about 30 agents arrived at the home before sunrise. “Basically they woke up to […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayAugust 11, 2017

State News

New coach and new home for Briar Cliff football

The Briar Cliff football team will have a new coach and a new home for the upcoming season. After spending the last four years on the staff at Liberty University, Dennis Wagner takes over a program that was 1-10 a year ago. Briar Cliff will also play its home games at renovated Memorial Stadium in […]Powered by WPeMatico

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