Month: August 2017

Senate Republicans and the state’s attorney general are seeking a new trial after a jury awarded a former Senate Republican Caucus Staff employee $2.2. million for being subjected to harassment and retaliation. The motion refers to that award as “excessive damages” that appear “to have been influenced by passion or prejudice.” The defendants in the case […]Powered by WPeMatico

The Iowa Court of Appeals has thrown out a drug conviction of a California woman based on the timing of the traffic stop that led to her arrest. Eirka Lopez-Cardenas was a passenger in a van stopped by a state trooper in Pottawattamie County for having illegally tinted windows. The trooper wrote the ticket for […]Powered by WPeMatico

The Northern Iowa football team is looking to turn things around after a 5-6 season last year, and Panther coach Mark Farley says work they’ve already done and the work they are doing prior to the season opener will determine if that happens. He says they don know yet what this team will be. “Every […]Powered by WPeMatico

Birdwatchers in the Lower Loess Hills region may soon see a greater diversity of species. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources proposes a bird conservation area of nearly 90,000 acres. Such areas are created through a targeted effort on public and private lands to plant bird-friendly habitats. Bruce Ehresman is a wildlife diversity bird biologist […]Powered by WPeMatico

Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell is in his second season in Ames and says the biggest difference in opening fall practice this year is knowing what he has. He says there was apprehension last year as they were only six months in and were not trying to create trust and belief among the players, […]Powered by WPeMatico

Four people were rushed to a hospital after overdosing on a powerful synthetic opioid Tuesday night in Council Bluffs. On July 17, state officials issued a public warning that tablets of synthetic fentanyl were being sold illegally in the state. It’s 40 to 50 times stronger than heroin. Council Bluffs Police Sergeant Robert Christensen says the […]Powered by WPeMatico