A Fort Madison man died as the result of injuries sustained in a single vehicle crash Monday afternoon. 33 year old Hoyt Grossman was travelling on eastbound J48 near Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course when he drove off the right side of the road and over-corrected. Grossman’s truck than hit a culvert and landed on its roof. The preliminary report states that Grossman was not wearing his seat-belt at the time […]
The Iowa Energy is now known as the Iowa Wolves. The Minnesota Timberwolves purchased The Des Moines franchise that is part of the NBA Development League and unveiled a new name and logo. The Timberwolves had been placing players with a variety of D-League teams. “But is isn’t something we could rely on into the […]Powered by WPeMatico
Governor Kim Reynolds will be in China in July, along with representatives of nine groups that represent Iowa farmers. “I’ll be leading the state’s very first all-Iowa ag trade mission to China,” Reynolds said late this morning during her first weekly news conference as governor. Former Governor Terry Branstad should be in residence at the […]Powered by WPeMatico
After last week’s terrorist attack in England that claimed 22 lives, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is introducing legislation which he says is designed to modernize and strengthen criminal laws regulating money laundering. He says that’s how terrorist groups pay for their violent efforts. “I introduced a bill called the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Three people were injured when two motorcycles collided Sunday, just north of Grundy Center. It happened at about 2:30 Sunday afternoon. A couple from Altoona were going west on a county road. A man from Dike was going south on Highway 14. The motorcycle coming off the county road didn’t yield to the southbound motorcyle […]Powered by WPeMatico
Construction is on schedule for the planned summer opening of a large pork processing plant in Sioux City that will employ 2,000 workers. The $264-million Seaboard Triumph factory is scheduled to open in late July. Company spokesman Irving Jensen says the 600,000 square-foot plant is walled in now. “The construction site is quite busy, there’s several […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s Safe Haven law was enacted in 2002 and, since then, has been used 27 times by parents to release custody of their newborn child. Amy McCoy, spokesperson for the Iowa Department of Human Services, says there’s a chance the 15-year-old law could be altered. “There was some legislation that was proposed this year to […]Powered by WPeMatico
The chairman of the Iowa Republican Party recently spent four days in Washington, D.C. to ask national party leaders to commit financial support for the Iowa GOP’s 2018 campaign efforts. Jeff Kaufmann met with the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee and her staff. “Wanted to have some face-to-face conversations,” Kaufmann said. There’s no statewide federal race […]Powered by WPeMatico
iStock/Thinkstock(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- The mayor of Portland, Oregon, is asking the federal government to cancel the permit for an "alt right" rally scheduled for Sunday, saying it could make a difficult situation worse, after two men were stabbed to death as they tried to intervene when a pair of women were targeted by a man yellow what authorities have described as hate speech.Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler also said he is […]
