For the first time this season, parts of Iowa are under a Freeze Warning and residents in the far northwestern counties will need to take precautions if they hope to save their flowers and garden vegetables. Meteorologist Mike Fuhs, at the National Weather Service bureau in Sioux Falls, says the Freeze Warning runs from midnight […]Powered by WPeMatico
The first of four finalists for the Iowa State University president’s position visits campus today. The first candidate to visit the Ames campus is Sonny Ramaswamy, the director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the job in 2012 by President Barrack Obama. Ramaswamy obtained his undergraduate and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s refugee resettlement agencies are expecting fewer arrivals and facing more uncertainty as the Trump administration continues to lower the cap on refugee arrivals. Carly Ross is director of the Des Moines field office for the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. She says in past years, when she was notified that a refugee family […]Powered by WPeMatico
Two of the Republicans in Iowa’s congressional delegation are calling on the Trump Administration to quickly review federal regulations on so-called “bump stocks.” The device was used by the sniper in last week’s mass shooting in Las Vegas. “I can’t think of a good reason why these things are existing,” Republican Congressman David Young of […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa native Shawn Johnson is appearing on a TV series that opens its second season Tuesday night, combining outdoor adventure with venture capitalism. At just 24, Johnson has won Olympic gold as a gymnast, the mirrorball trophy on “Dancing with the Stars,” and her first book was a New York Times best seller. Her latest […]Powered by WPeMatico
Officials are looking for a man who didn’t return to his work-release program in Davenport Saturday night. Christopher Wheeler was sent to prison for a second degree robbery in Muscatine County and attempted burglary and forgery in Scott County. Wheeler, who is 47 years old, was placed in a work release facility in Davenport in […]Powered by WPeMatico
Obtained by ABC News(LAS VEGAS) -- A note containing handwritten numbers for wind, trajectory, and distance was discovered by Steven Paddock's body inside the Las Vegas hotel room where he took his life last Sunday after slaughtering 58 people and injuring hundreds, officials have confirmed.Law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation confirmed to ABC News on Sunday that the note found on Paddock's hexagon-shaped nightstand contained such numerical figures.The note's […]
ABC News(LAS VEGAS) -- The FBI was at the Mesquite, Nevada, home of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock on Sunday, executing a new search after interviewing Paddock's girlfriend, the local police chief told ABC News.Mesquite Police Chief Troy Tanner said the FBI contacted the Mesquite PD for assistance in executing the new federal search warrant on the house where Paddock lived with his girlfriend, Marilou Danley.Tanner said he was told […]
ABCNews.com(SALT LAKE CITY) -- Black Lives Matter demonstrators gathered outside police headquarters in Salt Lake City on Sunday afternoon to protest a prosecutor's decision not to file charges against a police officer who fatally shot a 50-year-old man.Videos of the incident, which occurred in August, were released on Wednesday when the decision was announced. They appeared to show that Patrick Harmon, 50, was shot as he was running away from […]
