Year: 2017

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Man carrying fake gun at Orlando airport taken into police custody after 2-hour standoff

iStock/Thinkstock(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- Police descended upon Florida's Orlando International Airport Tuesday night in response to a man whom they believed was carrying a gun in one of the airport's rental car lots. When he was eventually taken into police custody, it was determined the gun was fake."Gunman in custody," tweeted Orlando Police at 10:08 p.m. "Everyone is safe. We will brief ASAP at media briefing location." UPDATE: Gunman is in […]

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Three more relatives charged in connection with Perry girl’s death

Three more people have been arrested and charged with having a role in the horrific death of a 16-year-old girl who was found in the basement of her home in Perry nearly three weeks ago. Sabrina Ray’s adoptive parents were already under arrest, but three other relatives of Misty and Marc Ray are all facing […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayMay 31, 2017

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Jury selection begins in BPI ‘pink slime’ defamation lawsuit

Jury selection is underway in Elk Point, South Dakota for the $1.9 billion defamation lawsuit trial filed by Beef Products Incorporated against ABC Broadcasting. The lawsuit claims ABC News and reporter Jim Avila damaged BPI by referring in news reports back in 2012 to the company’s lean finely textured beef as “pink slime”. BPI blames […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayMay 31, 2017

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Man pulled from Cedar River near dam in Cedar Falls

Rescue crews had to pull another person out of the rapidly-flowing Cedar River in Cedar Falls today. The latest rescue occurred this morning near the dam that’s adjacent to the Ice House Museum. Cedar Falls Assistant Public Safety Director Craig Berte says a man called and said his friend went under the water and was […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayMay 31, 2017

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Chinese version of book about former Governor Branstad in the works

An Iowa author’s book about now-former Governor Terry Branstad’s long tenure in office is being translated into Chinese by a Beijing publisher. Newton author and former newspaperman Mike Chapman wrote the book in 2015, “Iowa’s Record Setting Governor: The Terry Branstad Story.” Chapman says two Chinese publishers expressed an interest in translating the book. Chapman […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayMay 31, 2017

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SEIU local president ponders bid for governor in 2018

A union organizer from Coralville says after watching Republicans at the statehouse roll back union rights this winter, she’s formed an “exploratory committee” to plan a campaign for governor. “I’m tired of watching working people in this state just taking a beating,” Democrat Cathy Glasson said today. She worked as a registered nurse in the University […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayMay 31, 2017

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Changes in river levels blamed for washout that led to Lansing man’s death

The rise and fall of the Mississippi River is cited as the cause of a highway washout, that claimed the life of a northeast Iowa man. Shortly after four A.M. Tuesday, 59-year-old James Walleser of Lansing was driving east on Highway 82, headed from Lansing, Iowa to DeSoto, Wisconsin. After crossing the bridge in Lansing, […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayMay 31, 2017

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Mason City man sought in stabbing that left victim in critical condition

A Mason City man is wanted in connection with a stabbing on Tuesday afternoon. The Mason City Police Department says an arrest warrant has been issued for 20-year-old Braedon Bowers on a charge of attempted murder. Police were called to a home shortly before 3:35 P.M. where they found a 23-year-old male had been stabbed. […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Department of Human Services director Palmer retiring June 16

The long-time director of the Iowa Department of Human Services is retiring. Seventy-eight-year-old Charles Palmer has led the department for nearly 17 years. His final day at the agency will be June 16th. Democratic lawmakers have been questioning Palmer’s management of the agency after the recent deaths of two central Iowa teenagers in homes that had […]Powered by WPeMatico

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