Gas prices continue to drop across the country and in our state. AAA-Iowa reports that the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide is now at a record low of $2.43 a gallon. The average in Iowa dropped 13 cents compared to last week to hit $2.16 a gallon. That’s 30 cents a gallon […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, says there is no doubt she will seek a second term in 2020. Ernst says, “I am running again, so to anyone who would like to step up and enter into that race, I say bring it on.” Ernst became the first woman elected to Congress […]Powered by WPeMatico
The death of a woman nearly a month ago in northeast Iowa is now being treated as a homicide. Thirty-nine-year-old Amy Mullis died on November 10 and Delaware County authorities initially reported she was injured in a fall on her family’s farm northwest of Earlville. The state medical examiner’s office has since listed her death […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s attorney general is accusing a Davenport family of a fraud scheme linked to promotional materials, like calendars and programs for high school sports. The civil lawsuit has been filed against Alphonso Barnun, his wife and his mother as well as their businesses — City Wide Promotions, Top Faith Solutions and New Start Media. The […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz and Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead addressed the media in Tampa on Thursday where the Hawkeyes and Bulldogs meet in the Outback Bowl on New Years Day. It will be Iowa’s sixth appearance in the Outback Bowl. “I remember our first invitation was in 2003 and just how excited we were […]Powered by WPeMatico
Members of a union for students who work in Grinnell College dining halls say they’re still open to negotiating with administrators to avoid a prolonged legal battle. Grinnell College officials are asking federal regulators to nullify the union’s vote to expand its membership to student assistants, tutors and others. Quinn Ercolani, is the Grinnell student […]Powered by WPeMatico
A northwest Iowa man who burned four LGBTQ books from the Orange City Public Library has been charged with fifth degree criminal mischief. Sixty-two-year-old Paul Dorr of Orange City checked out five books on October 6 and burned them in protest of the Orange City Pride festival held October 19. Dorr had produced a video […]Powered by WPeMatico
A woman accused of using community college funds to pay for personal travel and wedding expenses has been charged with second degree theft. Beth Kulow, the former dean of student services at Southwestern Community College in Creston, was arrested Tuesday afternoon at the Union County Law Enforcement Center in Creston. According to a Creston Police […]Powered by WPeMatico
The leader of the labor union which represents some 20,000 state employees presented his contract proposal to the Reynold’s Administration Thursday. AFSCME Council 61 president, Danny Homan says they are requesting the return to the contract language used before the new collective bargaining law was passed. He says they want language excluded by the revised […]Powered by WPeMatico
