Minnesota’s senior U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, a possible 2020 presidential candidate, campaigned this weekend with the three Iowa Democrats who’re challenging Iowa’s three Iowa Republican congressmen. Early Saturday afternoon Klobuchar was in Waterloo, speaking on behalf of Democrat Abby Finkenaur, who is challenging Republican incumbent Rod Blum in the first congressional district. “I would say first, we […]Powered by WPeMatico
A ticket sold in Iowa for Saturday’s Powerball drawing is worth $343.9 million. On Sunday morning, Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich stood in a rural convenience store’s parking lot to make this announcement: “Behind me, at this Casey’s in Redfield, Iowa, we had…absolutely the biggest jackpot ticket sold in Iowa in Iowa Lottery history.” The Iowa ticket […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Democrat who’s Iowa’s attorney general faces a Libertarian opponent in 2018, but no Republican challenger. 1974 was the last time a Republican won the statewide race for attorney general and the Iowa Republican Party does not have a nominee for the post this year. Democrat Tom Miller was first elected as Iowa’s attorney general […]Powered by WPeMatico
An advocate for allowing concealed weapons on college campuses is the special guest at Republican Congressman Steve King’s annual fall pheasant hunt and fundraising dinner tomorrow near Akron. Antonia Okafor was regional director of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus in 2015 when the Texas legislature debated and later adopted a so-called “campus carry” law. “She […]Powered by WPeMatico
Many Iowans will be donning creepy masks and spooky disguises as they head out for this weekend’s Halloween parties. Dan Garst, who runs Party Productions in Fort Dodge, says one of this year’s top adult costumes isn’t scary at all, unless you’re a criminal. “We see policemen, men and women, officers seem to be very […]Powered by WPeMatico
Saturday is the second of two National Prescription Drug Take Back Days scheduled for this year. The interim director of the Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy, Dale Woolery, says you should check your medicine cabinets and take in any medication you don’t need. He says some people flush the pills down the toilet, but […]Powered by WPeMatico
The American cleric who delivered the sermon at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle this spring is in Iowa this weekend. Presiding Episcopal Bishop Michael Curry said the wedding gave him a wonderful chance to talk about the core of the Christian faith to an audience he wouldn’t otherwise have reached. “I just think […]Powered by WPeMatico
Senator Chuck Grassley says he was notified last Friday that a Long Island, New York man had been arrested for making a threat against him. “This is the first I knew about it, but evidently back around Labor Day, our offices in Sioux City and Cedar Rapids got an anonymous phone call from…one person who […]Powered by WPeMatico
A man wanted in connection with a double homicide in Fort Dodge early Monday morning was arrested last night in that city. Twenty-eight-year-old Tanner J. King of Fort Dodge has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. King is accused in the murders of 37-year-old Marion T. Rhodes […]Powered by WPeMatico
