The Iowa Supreme Court confirms a district court ruling that allows residents living near a Muscatine grain plant to go together in a lawsuit. The lawsuit began in 2012 with eight residents who lived next to the Grain Processing Corportation plant in Muscatine, who said company did nothing to prevent the material that came out […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s thousands of letter carriers will be doing more than delivering the mail this weekend. The 25th annual “Stamp Out Hunger” event is Saturday as Iowans are asked to help food pantries in their communities by leaving nonperishable food items by their mailboxes. Webster City postmaster Harley Tapper says there’s a change — for the […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Muscatine City Council has fired the city’s mayor. The vote last night took less than five minutes and the decision was unanimous. Mayor Diana Broderson, who says she’s the victim of a witch hunt, had been accused of willful misconduct and neglect of duties. The seven to nothing vote followed months of debate and […]Powered by WPeMatico
An Iowa lawmaker says it was a “terrible, horrible mistake” that a man convicted in connection with his wife’s death was able to collect on her life insurance policy — and a new state law will ensure it won’t happen again. Representative Marti Anderson of Des Moines was director of the Iowa Crime Victim Assistance […]Powered by WPeMatico
A record number of Iowans were diagnosed with HIV last year, according to a new report from the Iowa Department of Public Health. The agency’s Nicole Kolm-Valdivia credits increased testing, rather than a rise in the transmission rate. “Although it can be alarming to see more diagnoses, we generally are seeing it as a sign […]Powered by WPeMatico
Cities are scrambling to get prepared for the legal sale of fireworks in the state. The bill signed into law by Governor Terry Branstad allows city councils and county boards of supervisors to ban or restrict use of fireworks, but not the sale of the fireworks. The City of Newton is asking residents to take […]Powered by WPeMatico
The 11th-seeded University of Iowa softball team fell, 3-0, to No. 6 Wisconsin on Thursday night in round one of the 2017 Big Ten Conference Tournament at the Wilpon Complex. “It came down to the little things,” said UI head coach Marla Looper. “It wasn’t a massive hit fest tonight, it was little hits and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Senator Chuck Grassley expects the U.S. Senate to confirm Governor Terry Branstad’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to China early next week. Grassley, though, says Democrats are likely to deny Republicans the quickest route to a confirmation vote. “Some Democrats object, maybe not against Branstad, but just the normal obstruction that’s going on our here […]Powered by WPeMatico
Under current law, licensed teachers, administrators and coaches can be charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee if they’re suspected of inappropriate contact with an Iowa student. A new law the governor approved yesterday expands the list of people who could be charged with this crime to “non-licensed” school employees like cooks, custodians, bus […]Powered by WPeMatico
