by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 30, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News
A former northwest Iowa deputy sheriff is charged with having “inappropriate…contact” with a 15-year-old female during a “ride-along” in his squad car. Thirty-five-year-old Christopher Wayne Lincecum has been charged with third degree...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 30, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News
Eastern Iowa authorities are seeking the public’s help in finding a man accused of child endangerment and drug crimes. According to the Iowa Department of Public Safety, “several arrest warrants” have been issued for 20-year-old Troy Allen Laufenberg...
by Matt Kelley | Jul 30, 2013 | News
An ethanol plant in northwest Iowa plans to use a newly developed process to churn out more product using the same amount of corn. Quad County Corn Processors broke ground Monday on an $8.5 million project at the company’s plant in Galva. The improvements will...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 30, 2013 | News, Politics & Government
The top Democrat in the Iowa legislature has ruled out running for governor in 2014. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Gronstal of Council Bluffs said this morning he thought “long and hard” about running for higher office, but decided in the past 10 days he...
by Matt Kelley | Jul 30, 2013 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
The coast-to-coast fundraising marathon that passed through Iowa earlier this month is nearing the finish line and more Iowans are joining the effort. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’ll take part in one mile of the relay run Wednesday morning as it winds...