Year: 2017

Burlington Police are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred Sunday morning on Burlington’s north side. Twenty-six-year-old Demarcus Chew was shot and killed behind an apartment complex at around 6:00 a.m. Police placed at least 11 evidence placards at the scene, indicating the location of shell casings. Chew is the brother of Timothy Leture Chew, a […]Powered by WPeMatico

Class 4A 1. Dowling Catholic (3-0), LW #1 @ #9 Waukee 2. Iowa City West (3-0), LW #2 @ Iowa City High 3. Cedar Rapids Prairie (3-0), LW #4 vs Davenport Central 4. WDM Valley (2-1), LW #3 vs #5 Johnston 5. Johnston (3-0), LW #5 @ #4 Valley 6. Lewis Central (3-0), LW #6 […]Powered by WPeMatico

Four Iowa National Guard helicopters are heading to Florida today to help with hurricane recovery. Guard spokesman Colonel Greg Hapgood says 19 soldiers will go with the four choppers. He says two of the helicopters are the CH-47F Chinook helicopters, which are used to lift heavy loads of supplies and people. The other two are […]Powered by WPeMatico

An Illinois woman is accused of killing her sister in Des Moines over the weekend. Police say 31-year-old Chicago resident Ieisha McDuffy is charged in the stabbing death of her sister, 30-year-old Lakeisha McDuffy of Des Moines. Investigators say the two sisters were visiting another relative in an apartment complex early Sunday, they got into […]Powered by WPeMatico

The Democrat who lost to Republican Congressman Steve King in 2016 is buying $22,ooo worth of advertising in the fourth congressional district. Kim Weaver of Sheldon has formed a political action committee called “PAC for POWER.” “Progressives Organizing to Win Every Race,” Weaver said of the acronym, “and so this race we’re solely focusing on […]Powered by WPeMatico

On this, the 16th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Senator Joni Ernst said she is “thankful” for a new direction in the “overall War on Terror.” “We finally do have a president that is very focused on really destroying ISIS, destroying al Qaeda, putting the Taliban back in its place instead of just trying to […]Powered by WPeMatico

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office says a man was killed Sunday morning in an ATV accident northwest of Coon Rapids. At approximately 8:30 a.m., 42-year-old Jason David Macke of Coon Rapids was traveling westbound on 300th Street, just north of Timber Ave., when he lost control of his 2017 Polaris Ranger. The ATV entered the […]Powered by WPeMatico

More women are now actively engaged in agriculture in Iowa and other states than ever before. A group of women who farm aims to start conversations about the food they grow and how to protect our land. Ashley Pool, spokeswoman for CommonGround, says they want to spread the message about what is being done on […]Powered by WPeMatico