The Iowa Senate Ethics Committee has unanimously dismissed a complaint accusing Democratic Senator Nate Boulton of sexual misconduct. Senator Jerry Behn of Boone, the committee’s Republican chairman, presided over the short, four-minute-long meeting. Behn said the alleged behavior happened BEFORE Boulton was elected to the senate and the committee has no jurisdiction over a private citizen. […]Powered by WPeMatico
Police in Council Bluffs say two men robbed a convenience store in western Iowa early this morning dressed in super hero costumes. One of the suspects wore a Batman costume, the other a green, full-body suit. They stepped inside a Casey’s General store on south 24th Street a little before 4 a.m., apparently wielding a […]Powered by WPeMatico
Des Moines Police have made an arrest in the city’s 11th homicide of the year. Thirty-year-old Sean Michael Foster is charged with first-degree murder for the killing of 50-year-old Albert Barron III, of Des Moines. Officers were called to conduct a welfare check and found Barron’s body inside a home on the city’s south side […]Powered by WPeMatico
New federal data shows Iowa’s population is growing but not as fast as most other states. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates Iowa’s population now stands at 3.156 million people. That’s up 3.6 percent from 2010. The state’s growth rate is 28th in the country and trails the national growth rate of 6 percent. Iowa is […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Coralville attorney was sentenced to 38 months in prison for misusing the money of his clients. Forty-six-year-old Jay Jung pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud and one count of making false claims to a government agency. He admitted to filing tax returns without the consent of his clients and then cashed the […]Powered by WPeMatico
The definition of “snow day” is changing for middle school and high school students in one northwest Iowa school district. Tara Paul, superintendent at Estherville Lincoln Central Schools, says there will be “online learning days” in her district when winter weather is too treacherous for students and staff to get to school. “It’s not going […]Powered by WPeMatico
Changing the way a state tax credit is awarded to home builders is one of the recommendations in this week’s “Empower Rural Iowa” report. The “workforce housing tax credit” is currently awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. “It doesn’t really matter if it’s the best project. It doesn’t matter if it’s shovel-ready. If you’re in […]Powered by WPeMatico
A central Iowa man will spend more than eight years in prison on a federal fraud conviction. Sixty-year-old Roger Goodwin of Windsor Heights was found guilty of seven counts of mail fraud in August in connection with his business “Goodwin Network Advisors.” Court information says Goodwin advised several clients to move more than one million […]Powered by WPeMatico
A surprise announcement in Cedar Rapids Wednesday night, exactly 39 years to the day after Michelle Martinko was stabbed to death outside Westdale Mall where the teenager had been shopping. “Michelle’s killer has been identified and arrested,” Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman said at a news conference. Following “weeks of planning and strategizing,” Jerman said officers traveled […]Powered by WPeMatico
