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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage…
CEDAR RAPIDS – Police in Cedar Rapids now have three suspects connected to a shooting earlier this month that produced a double-homicide. The Cedar Rapids Police Department has identified three…
DES MOINES — Child care and early childhood education advocates from across Iowa are signaling their approval of a recent measure to increase funding to Early Childhood Iowa (ECI), a…
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced today to over three months in federal prison. Francisco Gomez-Tino, age 32, a…
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man responsible for running a complex drug trafficking organization was sentenced May 17, 2019, to more than 14 years in federal prison. Michael Pineda, age 34,…
DES MOINES – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders today called on the U.S. Department of Justice to block National Beef—one of the “big four” meatpackers that control over 85% of the beef…
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who was responsible for distributing pounds of ice methamphetamine while he was in state prison was sentenced May 17, 2019, to ten years in federal…
CEDAR RAPIDS – Police officers received reports of a shooting incident that occurred in the Iowa Smoke Shop parking lot at 70 Kirkwood Court SW shortly after 1:20 a.m. Saturday.…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, the United States announced an agreement with Canada and Mexico to remove the Section 232 tariffs for steel and aluminum imports from those countries and…
DES MOINES – Iowa law enforcement will accelerate efforts to ticket lawbreakers over the Memorial Day weekend and motorists should be aware. Memorial Day and the traditional beginning of summer…
DES MOINES – An infant with 36 broken ribs and bleeding in the brain died from trauma allegedly inflicted by an Iowa man, leading to a murder charge. On April…
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man whose phone calls and text messages were intercepted by police as he purchased heroin was fined and sentenced on May 14, 2019, to probation and…
DES MOINES — Attorney General Tom Miller joined 43 attorneys general in announcing a lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals and 19 of the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers alleging a broad…
CHICAGO — A Chicago-area musician was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison for enticing several underage girls, some as young as 14 years old, to produce sexually explicit…
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA – Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, after both houses of the Alabama Legislature passed HB314. Upon signing the bill,…
WASHINGTON – Today Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), and Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) to introduce legislation requiring the U.S. government to…
SIOUX CITY – A man who entered the United States illegally from Honduras was sentenced on April 26, 2019, to four months’ in prison. Jose Palma-Murillo, age 31, from Honduras,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst called on China to make a trade deal as President Donald Trump’s trade war escalated this week. China has retaliated with tens-of-billions of…
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds Friday announced her appointment of Dan Huitink to serve as an appointed member of the State Judicial Nominating Commission. Huitink fills the new position…
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who escaped from federal custody at the Gerald R. Hinzman Center in Cedar Rapids pled guilty on May 10, 2019, in federal court in Cedar…
DES MOINES – U.S. Department of Education officials announced four Iowans have been named to the 55th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, which recognizes 161 high school seniors across the…
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Missouri man who conspired with others to sell grain fraudulently marketed as organic pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. John Burton, age 52,…
DES MOINES – Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds extended existing proclamations of disaster emergency for counties impacted by March flooding. This proclamation extends the governor’s activation of Iowa disaster response and…
DES MOINES – On Friday, May 10, Gov. Reynolds signed the following bills into law: HF224: an act relating to the criminal offense of lascivious conduct with a minor, and…
IOWA CITY – Police shot an intruder Thursday morning during an Iowa City burglary investigation. On Thursday, May 9, 2019, at approximately 2:27 a.m., officers with the Iowa City Police…
DES MOINES – While most stream flows continue to drop and April had below-average rainfall, the past 12 months set records for the wettest May to April period in Iowa’s…
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids woman who gave a fugitive a car ride to a hotel was sentenced today to three months in federal prison. Saudia Raquel Watkins, age…
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced a final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that will require direct-to-consumer television advertisements for…
SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), working with the East Okoboji Lakes Improvement Corporation (EOLIC), started the first phase of the curlyleaf pondweed management strategy…
LENOX – During a routine inspection Tuesday morning, DNR inspectors noted a manure spill approximately three miles southwest of Lenox. The owner, Steve Kerns, said the spill occurred Monday morning…
DAVENPORT – Davenport police described a bizarre gun incident in which a male subject produced a gun at a food court in a mall. On Monday May 6, 2019 at…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hundreds of former federal prosecutors and lawyers say President Donald Trump would have been prosecuted for obstruction of justice if he were not President. The law experts…
Newark, NJ – Today, Cory Booker, a Democratic Senator from New Jersey, is unveiling the most sweeping gun violence prevention proposal ever put forth by a presidential candidate. According to his…
LARGO, Fla. – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today the creation of a new collaborative program intended for local law-enforcement that wish to honor immigration detainers but are…
HAMILTON COUNTY, IOWA – A Nebraska man died this week while eluding police in Hamilton county, Iowa. The accident took place May 2, 2019 at about 11:29 PM, near Vail…
OSAGE – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders today unveiled a comprehensive plan to rebuild and reinvest in rural America. In a speech at the Mitchell County Fairgrounds in Osage, Iowa, Sanders…
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced on April 29, 2019, to more than three years in federal prison. Tondrell Darnez Gary, Jr., age 23,…
MITCHELLVILLE – A woman who traveled to Iowa from Florida to stalk and stab her circus worker ex-husband to death in a Davenport mall has died in prison. Debi Olson…
DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced today that nine Iowa communities have been awarded the Certificate of Appreciation – 50 Year Award from the American…
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced today to almost three months in federal prison. Juan Gerardo Rodriguez, age 22,…
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