After traffic-stop video goes viral, Newton police sue citizen for ...
WEBOct 2, 2023 · An Iowan whose online video of an allegedly unwarranted police traffic stop generated 2 million views is now being sued by the arresting officers for defamation and invasion of privacy.
Biden approves federal aid for Iowa counties impacted by flooding …
WEBJun 25, 2024 · President Joe Biden has approved a Major Disaster Declaration for flooding in Iowa, allowing federal funding for residents and businesses in areas impacted by recent severe weather.
Mercy-Iowa City files for bankruptcy with plans for U of I to take …
WEBAug 7, 2023 · Faced with the possibility of involuntary receivership, Mercy Hospital of Iowa City filed for bankruptcy early Monday and announced plans for its acquisition by the University of Iowa.
Proposed redistricting maps reshape Iowa’s political landscape
WEBSep 16, 2021 · The first proposed congressional map in 2021. (Map courtesy of Iowa’s Legislative Services Agency) Iowa’s first round of redistricting maps would create significant changes in the state’s congressional and legislative districts and potentially reset some 2022 campaigns. The nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency presented new ...
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs $100 million property tax cut into law
WEBMay 4, 2023 · Just hours after the Iowa House and Senate gaveled out for the last time in 2023, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law the property tax agreement GOP legislative leaders promised in January. Reynolds said the plan, which lawmakers estimated would save taxpayers $100 million, was just a start. “But even more important than what it accomplishes ...
Nursing home owner says fire-safety issue triggered evacuation
WEBAug 30, 2024 · The owners of the Aspire of Donnellson nursing home say fire-safety issues resulted in the evacuation of the facility earlier this week. State officials helped evacuate the building’s 16 residents in the midst of an inspection on Tuesday, although they have not specified the issue that triggered the move.. Krista Molnar Sikes of Beacon Health Management, the home’s Florida-based owner ...
Report: Iowa produces the most factory farm waste in the country, …
WEBSep 24, 2024 · The report says Iowa must enact a moratorium on new factory farms, stop the expansion of “industry scams like factory farm gas, ethanol, and carbon pipelines” and pass the Clean Water for Iowa Act, a bill that was introduced in the House last year, but never advanced.. Iowa is most heavily concentrated in hog operations, but the maps from the same report show some counties with severe ...
DNR finds ‘forever chemicals’ in West Des Moines drinking water
WEBDec 29, 2021 · Based on the recent DNR test results, at least three of West Des Moines Water Works’ groundwater wells have the two most-studied PFAS, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). It’s unclear why the wells have the chemicals, Bruner said. “The department’s surveillance sampling program is …
Muscatine County poised to enact wind farm moratorium
WEBJan 10, 2024 · Muscatine County leaders are expected to pause new approvals of wind farms in light of a proposal that will include turbines that exceed 650 feet in height. “They’re going to have problems with those that nobody in this room’s even thought about,” Muscatine County Supervisor Scott Sauer said in a meeting this week.
Judge resigns assistant chief position after disparaging remarks
WEBNov 12, 2021 · District Judge Kurt Stoebe resigned as assistant chief judge of the state’s 2B judicial district Friday after his disparaging remarks about candidates to fill a judicial vacancy led Gov. Kim Reynolds to reject his nominating commission’s picks. District Judge Kurt Stoebe (Photo courtesy of Iowa Judicial Branch) “It is with sadness that I ...