The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against the state after a violent sexual predator was released to a nursing home and assaulted a woman. William Cubbage was committed by the court to the Pomeroy Care Center in September of 2010 after he had been diagnosed with dementia. Cubbage was 82 […]Powered by WPeMatico
Tests that Iowa kindergarten through third grade students took last spring found nearly 50,000 of them were below average readers, but Republican legislators are scrapping a program Governor Branstad touted five years ago to address the problem. Branstad proposed intensive summer reading programs for kids who’d completed third grade, but were still struggling to read. Senator […]Powered by WPeMatico
A fugitive, wanted for a carjacking in Mississippi, was captured this week in eastern Iowa. Twenty-four-year-old Omar Bankhead had been on the run for 10 days, after allegedly carjacking a Mississippi College student at gunpoint. Security camera footage from the campus parking garage helped police identify Bankhead. The student’s car was found last Thursday in […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled a Johnson County man can’t be charged for falsely answering a question on a request for a gun permit when the question wasn’t required by law. James Downey filled out the application for a gun permit in Johnson County in January of 2015. He provided his name, birthdate, sex, […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Hawkeye baseball team will try to cool off Nebraska when the teams open a three game Big Ten series in Lincoln. At 4-1-1 the Huskers are currently second in the league race and have won 10 of their last 12 games. “They played a tough schedule early and I think that really helped […]Powered by WPeMatico
A study finds Iowa saw a slight drop in technology industry employment last year. Steven Ostrowski, spokesman for the Computing Technology Industry Association or CompTIA, says Iowa’s tech industry workforce fell by more than 800 jobs or almost two-percent during 2016, putting the state near the middle of the national pack. “Iowa ranks 32nd. They […]Powered by WPeMatico
A small group of Republican legislators have given initial approval to next year’s spending plan for the state’s court system, prisons and public safety operations. It’s about $3 million leaner than the current year’s budget for those agencies. Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Cady had asked for a budget boost for the courts, but is […]Powered by WPeMatico
The recent warmer temperatures and other signs of spring have encouraged a lot of Iowans to schedule outdoor getaways. Staff at Iowa’s state parks have been busy preparing for another camping season. Todd Coffelt is chief of state parks for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. “Park staff around the state have been busy turning […]Powered by WPeMatico
A north-central Iowa man is charged in a child porn case. An Eagle Grove man was arrested Thursday by the Wright County Sheriff’s Department on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor for the receipt, dissemination and possession of images depicting minors in prohibited sexual acts. Thirty-year-old Jason Marvets was charged with four felonies and […]Powered by WPeMatico
