The Des Moines Register reports a central Iowa couple who adopted nine former foster children has been charged with felony child endangerment causing bodily injury. Authorities in Ankeny gave the newspaper the files from 68 different reports of police calls to the home. State Senator Matt McCoy, a Democrat from Des Moines, has been criticizing […]Powered by WPeMatico
More than a half dozen Democrats aspiring to be their party’s next nominee for governor were given the stage for a few minutes this evening to introduce themselves to activists at a party fundraiser in Des Moines. Troy Price, the newly-elected chairman of the party, opened the evening, though, by dismissing any “obituaries” that have been written about […]Powered by WPeMatico
A special investigation by the state auditor’s office has concluded a deputy sheriff in Carroll County and a staffer in the sheriff’s office improperly split at least $128,000 worth of fees for gun safety classes. Starting January 1st of 2011, Iowans who proved they had completed a gun-handling course and met all other legal requirements […]Powered by WPeMatico
An eastern Iowa man will spend time in jail for collecting unemployment benefits while he held a full-time job. Iowa Workforce Development attorney David Steen says 55-year-old Paul Meade of Williamsburg started working for Whirlpool Corporation, but he continued to apply for unemployment insurance benefits. “In total, he claimed 26 weeks of unemployment benefits fraudulently […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Des Moines hospital is the first in the state to offer something called Cinemavision for young patients undergoing MRIs. The system at Mercy Children’s Hospital lets kids watch movies to distract them from the medical procedure they’re experiencing. Fourteen-year-old Kathryn Christy of Johnston was diagnosed with a brain tumor four years ago and has […]Powered by WPeMatico
A state agency is rushing to hire a private vendor to handle elections this fall that involve more than 40,000 government workers. Just before an employment contract is set to expire every two or three years, Iowa’s new collective bargaining law requires votes by government employees those workplaces that are organized into bargaining units. Iowa’s […]Powered by WPeMatico
Blood donations picked up slightly in Iowa this month after the American Red Cross issued an emergency appeal. Samantha Pollard, at the agency’s Omaha-Council Bluffs office, says that plea brought more donors, but there’s still a desperate need for blood. “Thanks to people responding to our call, a lot of people made appointments, which is […]Powered by WPeMatico
Cedar Rapids police continue looking for clues in the death of a man who died Tuesday after being found injured on a city street Sunday. Police originally thought 60-year-old Charles Flint had been struck by a hit and run driver, but say more information from the scene convinced them it was some sort of assault and […]Powered by WPeMatico
A “reaudit” of about $4,000 worth of airfare, luggage fees and airport food for a trip to China is now part of the ongoing feud involving Muscatine Mayor Diana Broderson and other city officials. Mayor Broderson asked for the review. Auditors found no explicit city council approval for the December 2014 trip to China taken […]Powered by WPeMatico
