by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 27, 2014 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
A federal judge has ruled that “Iowa courts are the more appropriate forum” for deciding whether Governor Branstad targeted a state employee for dismissal because that employee was gay. The U.S. District Court judge formally issued a stay, not a dismissal...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 27, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
David Young, the newly-minted GOP nominee for congress in Iowa’s third district, says his Washington, D.C. experience as an aide to three different senators is a strength, not a weakness. Young’s Democratic opponent, Staci Appel, has already started...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 27, 2014 | News, Outdoors
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that an aquatic invasive species has been discovered in a north central Iowa lake. DNR fisheries biologist Scott Grummer says zebra mussels have made their way into Lake Cornelia, which is northeast of Clarion....
by Dar Danielson | Jun 27, 2014 | Crime & Courts, News
A woman who sold cellular phones and makeup in eastern Iowa has been convicted of also selling synthetic drugs. Fifty-two-year-old Mary Ramos of Evansdale was convicted of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute two types of synthetic drugs. The jury...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 27, 2014 | Crime & Courts, News
Special software used by the Iowa Department of Transportation led to the arrest of a man who escaped from prison in North Carolina in 1973 and had been living in Waterloo. Sixty-nine-year-old Ronald Carnes is charged with aggravated identity theft, possession of a...