The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa is celebrating the Iowa Supreme Court’s dismissal of felony charges against an undocumented immigrant who’s lived in Iowa for two decades. Martha Martinez came into the country illegally with her parents when she was 11. She was charged with identity theft and forgery for using a fake ID […]Powered by WPeMatico
A historic steam locomotive that’s dubbed a “Living Legend” will be chugging into southwest Iowa next week. Union Pacific’s Number 844 is due to arrive in Council Bluffs on Monday after a two-day trek across the rails from Wyoming. UP spokeswoman Calli Hite says the showpiece attracts crowds of admirers — young and old — […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Muscatine County Attorney is urging Iowa’s attorney general to ask the nation’s highest court to review today’s Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling on an immigration-related case. Muscatine County Attorney Alan Ostergren filed the identity theft and forgery charges against Martha Martinez for using a fake ID to get a job. He said the state supreme court’s […]Powered by WPeMatico
The outgoing executive director of the Iowa Board of Regents addressed the board for the final time Thursday. Robert Donley took the job in 2008 and said he never expected to stay in Iowa this long. “I jokingly say that I’m in the ninth year of my three year contract,” Donley said. The 57-year-old Donley announced […]Powered by WPeMatico
In a split decision, the Iowa Supreme Court has dismissed the identity theft case against an undocumented immigrant granted temporary legal status during the Obama Administration. When Martha Martinez was 11, she moved from Mexico to Muscatine with her parents. Martinez is now 30 and the mother of four kids who were born in Iowa. […]Powered by WPeMatico
A late spring heat wave is bringing summer-like hot weather to the Hawkeye State. National Weather Service meteorologist Cory Martin says most of Iowa will see highs in the 90s the next five straight days. “We’re going to see temperatures that are more typical of the latter half of summer,” Martin says. “We’re going to […]Powered by WPeMatico
Half of Iowa’s congressional delegation have issued statements reacting to former FBI director James Comey’s testimony in Washington. Republican Congressman Steve King tweeted that Comey had “confessed” to using a memo leaked to the media as a “weapon” against President Trump. Republican Congressman Rod Blum of Dubuque said Comey’s testimony had “confirmed” the president was […]Powered by WPeMatico
Some Iowans refer to the full moon in June as a “strawberry moon” because it’s often bright enough to go out at night and pick berries, but that will not be the case this year. While we’ve had several so-called “super moons” in the past year, astronomer David Kriegler says what we’ll see tonight is just […]Powered by WPeMatico
Some Iowans refer to the full moon in June as a “strawberry moon” because it’s often bright enough to go out at night and pick berries, but that will not be the case this year. While we’ve had several so-called “super moons” in the past year, astronomer David Kriegler says what we’ll see tonight is just […]Powered by WPeMatico
