A justice on the Iowa Supreme Court will retire soon and 22 Iowans have applied to fill the vacancy. September 3, 2018, is Justice Bruce Zager’s retirement date. There are no women serving on the Iowa Supreme Court today and 15 of the 22 Iowans who applied to be his replacement are women. The list includes […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s senior senator will play a major role in the selection of a new U.S. Supreme Court Justice and two Iowans are on the list of potential picks for the court that the White House released last year. Iowa Supreme Court Justice Edward Mansfield and Iowa City native Steven Colloton, who’s a federal judge, are […]Powered by WPeMatico
After multiple heavy thunderstorms in recent days has many rivers are running at or above flood stage. Some areas of northwest Iowa have seen 12-inches of rain — or more — in the past ten days. Hydrologist Mike Gillispie , at the National Weather Service, says efforts are being made upriver to minimize flooding in […]Powered by WPeMatico
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that government employees cannot be required to pay “agency fees” to the union in their workplace won’t have a direct impact in Iowa. Organized labor has long argued non-union members should pay a fee to cover the costs of representing all workers in contract talks and workplace disputes. But Iowa […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa held its place at fifth in an annual Kids Count report which ranks each of the states on how well they do in taking care of kids. Iowa Kids Count Director, Michael Crawford, says the state has ranked anywhere from third to fifth in the last five years — and this year holds that […]Powered by WPeMatico
Congressman Steve King is urging his Republican colleagues to vote against a bill in the U.S. House that King says is “instant amnesty” for more than five million people living in the country illegally. “Since Ronald Reagan signed the amnesty act in 1986…it set up the sign again that said: ‘If you can get enough […]Powered by WPeMatico
A woman who drove her car into a pond in Waukee Tuesday has died. Waukee police say 38-year-old Shessla Whitlow veered off Hickman Road and her car went into the detention pond for a parking lot. She was pulled her from the submerged car by police and firefighters. Whitlow was given CPR at the scene, […]Powered by WPeMatico
An anchorwoman for a Mason City TV station disappeared 23 years ago today. Jodi Huisentruit was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment complex early on the morning of June 27, 1995. Her body has never been found and the case remains unsolved. Organizers of the website FindJodi.com are hoping to change that. Caroline […]Powered by WPeMatico
The president of the Partnership for a Drug-Free Iowa is holding a series of town hall meetings across Iowa to talk about the growing opioid epidemic. During a meeting last night in Webster City, Peter Komendowski says the problem is already bad and it’ll likely get worse, but he says we can all play a […]Powered by WPeMatico
