Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she is trying to watch as much as she can of the Senate Judiciary Committee questioning of the woman who accuses the Supreme Court nominee of sexually abusing her. Ernst says she can’t watch all of the proceedings, but did get to see Christine Blasey-Ford’s opening statement. “I have no […]Powered by WPeMatico
A change in leadership was announced today for an eastern Iowa based transportation company. CRST says current president and CEO Dave Rusch will retire at the end of the year. He’ll be replaced by Hugh Ekberg, CRST’s current COO and Group President. CRST International was founded in 1955 in Cedar Rapids, which remains the company’s […]Powered by WPeMatico
Senator Chuck Grassley opened today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing by apologizing to the two witnesses — U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her. “Both Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh have been through a terrible couple of weeks. Both they and their families have […]Powered by WPeMatico
A man working in Davenport died after a fall last night. Police were called to the Galvin Fine Arts Center on the St. Ambrose University campus about a worker who appeared to be injured after falling. The 45-year-old man was taken to the hospital and police say he died a short time later. The university […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Northern Iowa Panthers open the Missouri Valley Conference Football race with a rare Thursday night game at Indiana State. The Panthers are 1-2 after rolling to a victory over Hampton. Indiana State is 2-1 and UNI coach Mark Farley says this is a much better Sycamore team than the one they beat in Cedar […]Powered by WPeMatico
Some of the 50 or so American Red Cross volunteers from Iowa who went to help victims of Hurricane Florence are returning to the state. Maurice Evans of Sioux City started out helping in a shelter in North Carolina after arriving in the area. He says the hurricane wasn’t the only thing they had to […]Powered by WPeMatico
A former member of the city council in Sioux City has been charged with unlawful storage and transportation of hazardous waste. Forty-four-year-old Aaron Rockester of Sioux City owed a business called Recycletronics. Federal prosecutors say from mid-2015 through this past July, Rochester stored the leaded glass and cathode ray tubes from TVs and computers at […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa Republicans are accusing Democratic candidate for governor Fred Hubbell of being a hypocrite for taking state tax credits he’s criticized. State Senator Randy Feenstra of Hull held a news conference at Iowa GOP headquarters in Des Moines this morning. “For decades, Fred Hubbell has worked at every angle in the tax code for his […]Powered by WPeMatico
A northeast Iowa school district near Waterloo dismissed classes early Wednesday, due to a high level of carbon monoxide in the elementary building. Hudson Community Schools let out at 11:30 a.m. after district officials discovered a higher-than-normal level of the odorless, poisonous gas in the school’s kitchen. A C.O. detector went off sometime during the […]Powered by WPeMatico
