Obama Grants Commutations To 2 Iowa Men In Drug Cases
Dec 20, 2016
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two Iowa men will serve shorter prison terms after President Barack Obama commuted their sentences. The names of Anthony Dodd, of Davenport, and Aaron Rees, of Pleasantville, were on a…
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Trio Named Football Scholar-Athletes
Dec 19, 2016
Oskaloosa--Three members of the William Penn football team were honored for their excellence in the classroom as they were named 2016 Daktronics-NAIA Football Scholar-Athletes Monday. Jake De Hamer (Sr., Des Moines, Iowa, Physical Education), with…
Iowa's 6 Electors Will Join In Electoral College Vote
Dec 19, 2016
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Six Iowa residents will take part in the Electoral College vote as the nation elects the next president and vice president. The half-dozen people will cast ballots Monday afternoon at…
Board Says Iowa Casino Can Keep Records Confidential
Dec 16, 2016
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state board has ruled that an Iowa casino does not have to follow the state's open records laws because it no longer owes a debt to the county where…
Iowa Casinos Want To Stop Releasing Annual Audits To Public
Dec 15, 2016
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group of Iowa casinos wants to make their annual audits confidential and stop releasing them to the public. The Des Moines Register reports (http://dmreg.co/2hzpjHL ) that 16 of the…
Iowa Farmland Values Decline 6 Percent Over The Past Year
Dec 14, 2016
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The average value of Iowa farmland declined 6 percent over the past year, and this is the first time those values have dropped for three years in a row since…
Fire Damages Downtown Building In Southeast Iowa Town
Dec 13, 2016
KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine what caused a major downtown fire in the southeast Iowa town of Keokuk. KHQA reports (http://bit.ly/2hi1CFQ ) the fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. Monday. Initially,…
Hunters Find Man's Body Under Bridge In Southwest Iowa
Dec 12, 2016
FREMONT COUNTY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating after deer hunters discovered a man's body underneath a highway bridge in southwest Iowa over the weekend. KETV reports (http://bit.ly/2gQWFkf ) the hunters found the body under…
Iowan Convicted Of Killing Girlfriend, Theft Gets 40 Years
Dec 09, 2016
VINTON, Iowa (AP) — A Benton County man convicted of killing his girlfriend has been given 40 years in prison. Station KGAN reports (http://bit.ly/2gIS7ML ) that David Miller was sentenced Thursday in Vinton. He'd been…
State Argues Against Lawsuit Over Officers' Ticketing Power
Dec 08, 2016
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The state of Iowa says it would damage public safety if the state were forced to refund traffic fines and remove wrongful convictions from motorists' records. The state made those…