President Donald Trump has nominated William Barr to become the U.S. Attorney General, leaving the future of Iowa native who has been serving as acting Attorney General unknown. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says Matt Whitaker is a friend from Iowa and she recently talked with him about it. “Not sure where he is going to […]Powered by WPeMatico
Authorities in northwest Iowa are releasing more details after two people were killed, two hurt, in a two-vehicle crash in Pocahontas County on Friday afternoon. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2003 Ford Taurus driven by 24-year-old Kyle Lee Briggs of Denver, Iowa was eastbound on County Road C15 just before 3:30 p.m., when […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended the license of a western Iowa lawyer after he admitted to a sexual relationship with a client. The court has suspended the license of Michael Jacobsma for 30 days and ordered that he continue mental health counseling until he is released by his therapist. Jacobsma practices law in Sioux […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell has agreed to a contract extension that runs through the 2024 season. Campbell earned his second straight Big 12 Coach of the Year award after leading the Cyclones to an 8-4 record, including a 6-3 in league play. “Coach Campbell and I had a great end-of-the-year meeting Friday and […]Powered by WPeMatico
The soggy weather in recent months frustrated many farmers who were delayed in harvesting crops, but Iowa’s wettest fall since 1941 has pulled the entire state out of drought conditions for the first time since May of last year. Tim Hall, coordinator of hydrology resources for the Iowa DNR, says the key to becoming drought-free […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Democratic state senator facing sexual misconduct allegations hasn’t been assigned to any committees for the upcoming legislative session. Last month, a woman filed an ethics complaint alleging State Senator Nate Boulton of Des Moines had harassed her, before he was elected to the senate. Senate Democratic Leader Janet Petersen says she will wait to […]Powered by WPeMatico
The legal battle over Iowa’s heartbeat abortion law continued today with a hearing in Polk County District Court. Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are asking a judge to forgo a trial and declare the law unconstitutional. They say it would effectively ban almost all abortions in Iowa because it prohibits them after a […]Powered by WPeMatico
A girl who’d been missing for nearly two months has been found in Mason City and a young man is charged in connection with her disappearance. According to Mason City Police, officers responded Thursday night to a report of witnesses possibly seeing 15-year-old Tala Schaal enter an apartment building. She was located inside one of […]Powered by WPeMatico
A controversial episode in Iowa Caucus history has apparently been solved. The Iowa Republican Party’s computer crashed on Caucus Night back in 1980. George H.W. Bush was declared the winner, but Ronald Reagan’s supporters have long maintained that if all the straw poll ballots had been counted that night, Reagan would have won. Not so, according to Ralph Brown, […]Powered by WPeMatico
