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Poweshiek County Emergency Management Agency Autopsy results on Thursday revealed 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was the victim of a homicide and died from “multiple sharp force injuries.” A state medical examiner said the finding means a sharp-edged or pointed object such as a knife was used to attack Tibbetts. The man charged with first-degree murder in Tibbetts’s […]
A devastating tornado swept through Marshalltown, Iowa, on Thursday, knocking down trees and power lines and tearing off shingles from roofs, photos and videos posted on social media show. “Catastrophic” damage has been reported. The National Weather Service has declared a tornado emergency for Marshalltown, a town in Marshall County with nearly 30,000 residents. The […]
AP Republican Rep. Steve King spoke out against multiculturalism and diversity in tweets on Friday, saying that diversity is not “our American strength.” His remarks drew backlash on social media. Iowa’s Democratic Party called on the state’s governor to remove him from her campaign committee. This is not the first time King has made controversial […]
Published time: 8 Sep, 2017 18:23 Edited time: 8 Sep, 2017 18:26 A group of high school students from Creston, Iowa has come come under fire after a photo of them dressed in Klu Klux Klan-like white hoods, holding a Confederate flag and with a burning cross behind them circulated online. The photo first appeared […]
Enlarge / An Apple data center under construction in Maiden, North Carolina, in 2010. (credit: Jason Miczek/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Apple is building a $ 1.375 billion center near Des Moines, Iowa, after having secured more than $ 200 million in tax credits from local government. The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) said today that Apple […]
Police were reportedly called to a house in Ankeny, Iowa, 68 times over the past 10 years to investigate allegations that a couple was abusing their adopted children with disabilities before making an arrest. John Elmer Bell, 55, and Joyce Marie Bell, 57, were arrested Thursday on felony charges of child endangerment causing bodily injury, […]
Thomson Reuters CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, under siege in Washington, defended his record at a raucous political rally in Iowa on Wednesday, rejecting a Russia investigation as a witch hunt and saying he was succeeding against all odds, despite no major legislative achievements. “All we do is win, win, win,” […]
Reuters/Jason Reed Over the past couple of years there has been a mystery in the Iowa individual insurance market. According to Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer Wellmark, there was a patient in the state’s Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, exchanges that required $ 1 million a month in care. This staggering $ 12 million in […]
Tens of thousands of Iowa workers who received a raise in Iowa could see their pay cut after the governor signed a bill that would roll back the minimum wage throughout the state. On Thursday, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (R) signed House File 295, which prohibits any county or city in the state from exceeding […]
Seth Meyers slammed Iowa Congressman Steve King on Late Night for his recent tweet stating, “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” Watch the full segment here. Entertainment Weekly
