The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a complaint that a private plane trip Governor Kim Reynolds and her family took to an Iowa State bowl game was undervalued on campaign finance reports. Reynolds, her husband and two adult children flew to Memphis and back on the same day in late 2017. […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case Tuesday where an Iowa City man says he should have been allowed to use the state’s “stand your ground” law in his defense in the fatal 2017 shooting at the pedestrian mall. The law was passed just a few months before Lamar Wilson shot and […]Powered by WPeMatico
A man walking along U.S. Highway 34 in Monroe County east of Albia was hit and killed this morning. The State Patrol reports that 23-year-old Marcus Major of Albia was driving westbound on U.S. 34 at 1:11 A.M. when 23-year-old Zachary Bates of Albia entered the roadway on foot. Major braked his car and swerved […]Powered by WPeMatico
State officials report a suspect was shot to death by police during a running gun battle in Burlington early this morning. According to a news release from the Iowa Department of Public Safety, witnesses called police to report a white pick-up had been somehow involved in a shooting in Burlington. Seven minutes later Burlington Police […]Powered by WPeMatico
Voters in two Iowa cities have rejected plans for publicly-financed fitness facilities. It takes a 60 percent “super majority” vote for bond referendums to pass in Iowa. Unofficial results from Orange City indicate only 43 percent of voters supported the $5 million-bond for a proposed “Aspire Center for Health Living.” In Ames, 51 percent of […]Powered by WPeMatico
One northeast Iowa Mayor says the illegal drug trade is moving into small towns. Val Swinton he wasn’t quite aware of how bad the problem was until he became mayor of Clarksville. “I hear stories about other small towns in the area and how drug dealers are moving into these areas,” he says. “I think […]Powered by WPeMatico
The state Transportation Commission approved $1.5 million Tuesday for various trail projects in the state. DOT spokesman Craig Markley says one project will help link up two trails. “It’s part of a multi-phase effort to complete what’s called the missing link between Woodward and Perry. Once you get the nine-mile connector done you are going […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Mason City occupational therapist who accessed the private records of nearly two-thousand patients will spend 14 months in a federal prison. Thirty-three-year-old Samantha Jo Rogers pleaded guilty to to one count of acquiring and attempting to acquire a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge, one count of wrongfully obtaining individually identifiable health […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Madison County Board of Supervisors has scaled back the duration of its proposed moratorium on new wind turbines. The board voted to end the moratorium on October 1st of next year, rather than on January 1, 2022. Adam Jablonski MidAmerican Energy was among those who testified at a public hearing in Winterset yesterday. He […]Powered by WPeMatico
