Senator Joni Ernst and the rest of the Iowa Congressional Delegation recently sent a letter to President Donald Trump expressing concern about the impact of trade negotiations on farmers in the state. Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, says process for handling trade issues isn’t exactly the way she would do it — but she […]Powered by WPeMatico
Northern Iowa sophomore basketball player Tywhon Pickford will miss most of summer workouts after suffering a dislocated ankle. Panther coach Ben Jacobson says the injury occurred in May. “We got lucky that he did not need to have surgery and he has already started his rehab”, said Jacobson. “He could even get back in late […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Missouri judge has ruled the trooper involved in the drowning death of a handcuffed Iowa man was improperly fired. Missouri Highway Patrolman Anthony Piercy arrested 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson of Clive on May 31, 2014, for drunken boating on the Lake of the Ozarks. Ellingson fell out of the officer’s boat and drowned. Last year, […]Powered by WPeMatico
A summertime tradition nearly three decades running, some 4,000 gleaming classic cars will head for the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines this weekend. The Goodguys Heartland Nationals will feature hot rods, customs, classics, street rods, muscle cars and trick trucks. Goodguys’ spokeswoman Betsy Bennett says the vehicles are coming from as far away as […]Powered by WPeMatico
A death investigation is underway in rural western Iowa. Monona County Sheriff’s deputies went to 66-year-old Cheryl Stowe’s house near Castana on Tuesday after getting a request for a welfare check. They did not find her, but they arrested her grandson, Eliot Stowe, on an outstanding warrant for an unrelated matter. A news release states […]Powered by WPeMatico
Patients in need of addiction treatment have a new option in southeast Iowa. A clinic opened in Burlington this week offering opioid users medication-assisted treatment, or MAT. Nicholas Foss oversees treatment services at the clinic. Paired with counseling, Foss says drugs like methadone and suboxone can treat cravings and withdrawal symptoms. “That way that’s out […]Powered by WPeMatico
A 50-year-old Davenport man linked to an overdose death a year-and-a-half ago is pleading guilty and could be sentenced to life in prison. Larry Lazell Bolden admits that in early 2017 he sold heroin laced with fentanyl to a person who gave the drug to someone else who overdosed and died in a Davenport hotel. […]Powered by WPeMatico
A 26-year-old Council Bluffs man was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon by exploding fireworks. When police arrived at a skate park in Council Bluffs to investigate a reported disturbance there, people and cars in the park scattered. Police soon found the man, who has not been identified, with a seriously injured right hand and minor injuries […]Powered by WPeMatico
Senator Chuck Grassley says he expects the president’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court will be a person who believes in following the precedents set in previous rulings. “I would expect that we would have somebody that would have a great respect for the rule of law,” Grassley said, “…somebody who is going to have […]Powered by WPeMatico
