The Police chief in Perry says the parents of a 16-year-old girl found dead last Friday are each facing multiple counts of child endangerment. Chief Eric Vaughn says they found Sabrina Ray dead at her home after getting a 911 call about an unresponsive person. “Although final autopsy results are not expected for a few […]Powered by WPeMatico
A native of Pella has been just been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a top job in the U.S. Department of Justice. Forty-four-year-old Rachel Brand will soon be sworn in as the nation’s associate attorney general. “Although I have not lived in Iowa for some time, I will always consider myself an Iowan,” Brand […]Powered by WPeMatico
Data collected this month shows 79 percent of drivers on a section of interstate that passes through Cedar Rapids were speeding at least 12 miles an hour above the posted limit. The data comes from traffic enforcement cameras. The cameras were no longer issuing tickets, but were left on to capture data. Cedar Rapids Police Chief […]Powered by WPeMatico
A severe storm left electric poles toppled like dominoes Wednesday along a county road just east of the northeast Iowa town of Janesville. Bremer County Emergency Management coordinator, Kip Ladage was in the midst of it and says it didn’t appear to be a tornado. “I believe that was straight line winds — I happened […]Powered by WPeMatico
A western Iowa woman was sentenced Wednesday to more than 15 years in prison in a sex trafficking case. Thirty-two-year-old Trudy Thomsen of Missouri Valley pleaded guilty, along with her husband, to charges that they brought an underage girl to Iowa to have sex with the couple. Forty-seven-year-old John Thomsen was sentenced in January to […]Powered by WPeMatico
A truck driver was killed last night when a severe storm struck northeast Iowa. The Butler County Sheriff’s Department says 70-year-old James Budlong of Dike was driving on Highway 57 near the Parkersburg area when severe storm-level winds blew over his tractor trailer, pinning him inside. The National Weather Service says at about the time […]Powered by WPeMatico
A traffic crash in south-central Iowa Wednesday left one teenager dead and two others injured. The crash happened around 7:30 a.m. at a rural intersection in Decatur County. The State Patrol reports a truck driven by 16-year-old Logan Gilliland ran a stop sign and was struck by an SUV. Gilliland died in the crash — while his […]Powered by WPeMatico
Terry Branstad’s tenure as governor appears to be nearing its end and his impact on state tax policy is assessed differently by his supporters and critics. Two years ago, Branstad’s administration acted on its own to exempt manufacturing “inputs” like lubricants, drill bits and bolts from state sales taxes. About three decades ago, Branstad successfully […]Powered by WPeMatico
The replica of the Vietnam Veterans memorial was supposed to be set up in northeast Iowa Wednesday by was delayed by the threat severe weather. Some 40 motorcycle riding veterans met the semi carrying the wall in Ellsworth and escorted it the rest of the way into Cedar Falls. AMVETS Post 49 in hosting the wall, […]Powered by WPeMatico
