A man from Mexico who’d been living in Waterloo has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for illegally re-entering the U.S. after being deported twice. Forty-five-year-old Leonides Osornio-Torres had been convicted in 2003 for distributing more than five pound of meth. He was deported in the summer of 2011. He returned […]Powered by WPeMatico
A 22-year-old Ottumwa woman has been charged with murdering her five-year-old daughter. The girl died on Thursday, July 19. That afternoon, Ottumwa police and fire rescue responded to a 911 call about the girl, who was described as “unresponsive” and she was taken to Ottumwa’s hospital, where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy was conducted […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa junior tight end Noah Fant has been named a Walter Camp Award player to watch. The announcement was made Friday by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Fant joins 49 others on the watch list vying for college football’s fourth-oldest individual accolade, which is given to the nation’s best player. Fant, who led all FBS […]Powered by WPeMatico
A 53-year-old Iowa central man has been sentenced to 17-and-a-half years in federal prison on drug and weapons charges. Two years ago, undercover agents went to David James Lister’s apartment in Redfield and bought meth. Authorities then got a search warrant, opened a safe in the apartment and found 1.5 pounds of meth, plus $2,000 in […]Powered by WPeMatico
Investigators looking for a missing Brooklyn woman issued an update on their investigation today that shows little new information despite hours of searching and following up leads. DCI Special Agent in Charge Richard Rahn says no one has been identified as a suspect nor has anyone been arrested or charged in the disappearance of 20-year-old […]Powered by WPeMatico
An Iowa State University study finds if a man opens the door for a woman while on their first date or offers to pay for dinner, some women admire that behavior, while others find it insulting. Pelin Gul, a social psychologist and postdoctoral researcher at ISU, is the study’s lead author. Gul says some women […]Powered by WPeMatico
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has revealed three out of every 1,000 Iowans it insures were diagnosed with an opioid-related disorder last year. According to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, its Iowa customers have the fourth-lowest rate of opioid abuse in the nation. Wellmark’s chief pharmacy officer says while the company is encouraged […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa State Patrol says one person was killed when two trucks collided on Interstate 35 on Thursday, just north of the Iowa-Missouri border. State troopers say the first truck was pulling a trailer carrying a directional arrow sign indicating drivers should merge into the left lane. A semi that was also traveling northbound on […]Powered by WPeMatico
The impact of President Trump’s announced soybean deal with the European Union is unclear. U.S. soybeans are already sold in Europe and China’s market for soybeans is far larger than the European Union’s. “Hopefully our ability to market our products to other countries besides China will be improved and will at least offset some of […]Powered by WPeMatico
