More individuals in Iowa tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to new state data, while several more who died were reported to officials since Friday morning.
A judge found 33-year-old Daniel Butts, of Des Moines, not guilty of a misdemeanor count of failure to disperse, saying prosecutors had not proved that Butts violated the law.
Disciplinary records show Michael Dutcher testified that he picked up a mop wringer and threatened to use it as a weapon to attack correctional officers at the state prison in Oakdale.
Iowa lawmakers have been uncertain what to do after the Census acknowledged it would miss a March 31st deadline to release once-a-decade population figures used to redraw legislative boundaries.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says she has rejected a federal request to accept migrant children into the state, saying the need to find homes for them “is the president’s problem.”
The University of Iowa has announced that Senéad Short, a 2018 graduate and 2020 Fulbright award winner, was among those killed in a train derailment on April 2nd, in Hualien County, Taiwan.
In the aftermath of the attacks at Anamosa State Penitentiary that left two staffers dead last month, the Iowa Department of Corrections has announced multiple warden reassignments.
The president and the auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and away from liquid-fueled cars, but biofuels producers and some of their supporters in Congress aren’t buying it.
The state’s COVID-19 vaccine administration dashboard shows a total of 675,229 people in Iowa are now fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as of 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
Updates on Make Ottumwa Shine, the Human Rights Commission, and starting contract bids for the airport runway reconstruction and raising the north river wall.
Iowa Governor Reynolds has announced on Monday, April 5th, all restrictions on vaccine access will be lifted since vaccines are now becoming more plentiful.
The president of the Iowa State University student crew club says winds that had been forecast to remain low picked up suddenly, causing a boat to capsize before the crew could return to shore, drowning two members on March 28.
Federal prosecutors for Iowa say 63-year-old Jay Niday, of Sergeant Bluff, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Sioux City and was also ordered to pay $8,500 in fines and court costs.
An emotional farewell Friday afternoon for two women who have become a part of the fabric at Ottumwa’s Canteen Lunch in the Alley. After more than 50 combined years, Yvonne Warrick and Sharon Chichester are retiring.
