Year: 2017

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Milford mayor worried about impact of Polaris plant closing

A mayor in northwest Iowa is concerned about his town’s future after the community’s top employer announced it’s moving. Around 330 workers at the Polaris Industries plant in Milford learned this week the all-terrain and utility vehicle maker is transferring production to Alabama, Minnesota, and California. Milford Mayor Bill Reinsbach says the layoffs will definitely […]Powered by WPeMatico

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State News

Marshalltown man charged with murder after stabbing

Marshalltown police are investigating a fatal stabbing. Authorities in Marshalltown were called to an address early Wednesday where they found a stabbing victim who was taken to the hospital here where 21-year-old Isaiah Parker of Marshalltown died. A suspect was on scene at the time and after an investigation, was arrested. That person was identified […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayApril 26, 2017

State News

Iowa City police release name, few other details in death of man

The Iowa City Police Department has released the name of the man found dead Sunday morning in a building across the street from the Johnson County Jail. Police say the autopsy is still underway, but they are treating the death of 34-year-old Jonathan Wieseler as a homicide. Wieseler worked for Lederman Bail Bonds in Iowa […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Entertainment

“Star Wars: Episode IX” and new “Indiana Jones” movie get release dates

"Star Wars: Episode XIII - The Last Jedi"/Lucasfilm - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- The teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode VIII, aka The Last Jedi, just arrived a couple weeks ago, but we already know when Episode IX will be hitting theaters. The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm announced that the ninth chapter of the Star Wars saga will arrive in theaters May 24, 2019.  Directed by Colin Trevorrow, the movie will be the final chapter in the […]

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Entertainment

Scott Baio defends his drug comments after Erin Moran’s death; Posts message from Moran’s widower

Getty Images/Ron Galella(LOS ANGELES) -- Scott Baio posted a heartfelt goodbye to his Happy Days co-star Erin Moran after her death over the weekend, but was then attacked online for doing a radio interview in which he seemed to blame drugs for her death.  In fact, she died of cancer, and now, he's defending himself. During the interview, Baio said, "I’m...not completely shocked that this happened," he said during the interview. "...For me, you do drugs or […]

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Entertainment

Scott Baio defends his drug comments after Erin Moran's death; Posts message from Moran's widower

Getty Images/Ron Galella(LOS ANGELES) -- Scott Baio posted a heartfelt goodbye to his Happy Days co-star Erin Moran after her death over the weekend, but was then attacked online for doing a radio interview in which he seemed to blame drugs for her death.  In fact, she died of cancer, and now, he's defending himself. During the interview, Baio said, "I’m...not completely shocked that this happened," he said during the interview. "...For me, you do drugs or […]

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Entertainment

First Look: “Kingsman: The Golden Circle”

20th Century Fox - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- 20th Century Fox has released the official trailer for the sequel to its massive 2014 sleeper hit Kingsman: The Secret Service. The peek at director Matthew Vaughn's second go 'round, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, sees Taron Egerton's newly minted super-spy, Eggsy, returning to the Kingsman HQ -- only to see it obliterated by a missile.  Eggsy and his former trainer, Mark Strong's Merlin, find themselves in the U.S., […]

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Entertainment

After shocking “DWTS” elimination, attempted break-in at Maks and Peta’s house

ABC/Paul Hebert(LOS ANGELES) -- While talking to Good Morning America following Monday night's shocking elimination, Glee veteran Heather Morris revealed there was an attempted break-in at the home of her pro partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy and his fellow pro and fiancée, Peta Murgatroyd. "They had some sort of run-in with some man near their house trying to break in, but the police were there,” Morris told GMA's Lara Spencer. "They took care of it. So they’re safe and Peta’s okay."  "Yeah, that little […]

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Entertainment

Former ‘The Bachelor’ star Chris Soules charged in fatal vehicular accident

Courtesy Buchanan County Sheriff's Office(BUCHANAN COUNTY, Iowa) -- Former The Bachelor star Chris Soules has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in a death. According to the Buchanan County, Iowa Sheriff's Department, on Monday night they "received a 911 report of a motor vehicle accident in the 1000 blk of Slater Avenue north of Aurora.  At this time, one fatality has been confirmed." Although the […]

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