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Pross Artwork Selected as a Finalist in International Art Competition
(Atlantic, Iowa) The finalists have been announced! Atlantic native Timothy F. Pross is amongst the world's most celebrated and distinguished realism artists. The competition is organized by the Art R...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2024
Des Moines Area Construction Worker Sues for Injuries, PTSD
(Bondurant, Iowa) A Des Moines area construction worker is suing his former employer and contractors after being buried alive on the job. Trevor Kilgore says he worked at the bottom of an improperly d...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2024
Reynolds Extends Disaster Proclamation
(Des Moines) A disaster declaration in Iowa because of bird flu is being extended. Governor Kim Reynolds extended the order for Sioux County another two days to January 7th, now including Palo Alto Co...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2024
Altoona, Pa., police arrest suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania arrested a suspect Monday in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week in New York, authorities announced. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Dec 09, 2024
Mississippi River boat accident victims identified
(Bellevue) On Sunday, December 8th, at approximately 11 a.m., a boat with three occupants capsized below Lock and Dam No. 12 in Bellevue on the Mississippi River. The victims were fishing in a restric...
Mandy Billings Dec 09, 2024
Drug Arrest in Glenwood
(Glenwood) The Glenwood Police Department arrested 21-year-old Kyrsten Rohmeyer-Clemons, of Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Bo...
Mandy Billings Dec 09, 2024
Work release escape of Daeonnis Gates
(Waterloo) Daeonnis Javir Gates, convicted of Willful Injury - Causing Serious Injury and Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon in Black Hawk County, failed to report back to the Waterloo Residential C...
Mandy Billings Dec 09, 2024
Adair County Sheriff's Report
(Adair Co) The Adair County Sheriff's Office reports two arrests. Trummer Lee Washington, 53, of West Des Moines, was arrested on December 2nd for Violation of a No Contact Order and Provide False Ide...
Mandy Billings Dec 09, 2024
Rolling Hills Bank & Trust Donates $500,000 to Vision Atlantic
(Atlantic) Rolling Hills Bank & Trust has donated $500,000 to Vision Atlantic's transformative project, which will bring a housing development, a new childcare center, and a YMCA expansion to Atla...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2024
Ernst Expresses Doubt Over Trump Pick
(Simi Valley, CA) Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is expressing doubt over President-elect Donald Trump's nomination for defense secretary. Ernst was speaking in California last week when she said there will ...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2024