Video of a weekend incident involving a black man and Dubuque police is now on social media and has led to an investigation. Dubuque's city manager says a thorough investigation will be done after the video was posted on Facebook by the group "Dubuque In Pursuit News." It appears to show the man … [Read more...]
$100,000 reward offered for tips about noose found at Altoona construction site
A coalition of trade unions is putting up a 100-thousand dollar reward for tips that lead to an arrest in connection with a noose found hanging at a construction site in Altoona. "There's absolutely, positively no place for this kind of behavior in the union construction industry," Earl Agan, … [Read more...]
Company appeals Dakota Access pipeline shutdown order
The company that runs the Dakota Access oil pipeline is appealing a federal judge's order that the pipeline be shut down. On Monday, the judge gave Energy Transfer Partners 30 days to shut down the pipeline that carries North Dakota oil. The pipeline runs 350 miles through Iowa on its way to … [Read more...]
Dubuque woman given probation in scam of nursing home resident
The manager of an eastern Iowa senior apartment complex is sentenced to five years probation for defrauding an elderly and disabled nursing home resident. Fifty-nine-year-old Janice Kay Schultz of Dubuque admitted in a plea agreement to a charge of wire fraud, that she met the victim at the … [Read more...]
29-year-old shot to death in Clinton
Clinton Police are investigating a homicide, but they're releasing few details about the case. Officers were called to Clinton residence Monday night on a report of shots fired at the address. Police found 29-year-old Saul Devaughn Jackson with a bullet wound. He was transported to the local … [Read more...]
First state prisoner death related to COVID-19 reported
The Iowa Department of Corrections is reporting the first coronavirus-related death of a prison inmate. Inmate Ray Allen Van Lengen died at the University of Iowa Hospitals Monday from what a review by the Johnson County Medical Examiner says are complications "likely related to COVID-19" and … [Read more...]
Change of venue sought in trial involving the death of Fort Dodge priest
The attorney representing the man accused of killing a Fort Dodge pastor last fall is requesting a change of venue for the trial. Thirty-six-year-old Joshua Pendleton of Fort Dodge is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 64-year-old Allen Henderson on October 2, 2019, outside St. … [Read more...]
Judge orders shutdown of pipeline that runs through 18 Iowa counties
A federal judge has ordered the Dakota Access oil pipeline that runs through Iowa to shut down until an environmental review is completed. The pipeline carries oil from North Dakota to Illinois. It runs 350 miles through 18 Iowa counties, entering the state in northwest Iowa's Lyon County and … [Read more...]
Iowa’s Catholic bishops seek commutation of Honken’s execution
Iowa's four Catholic bishops are asking President Trump to cancel the July 17th execution of an Iowan found guilty of killing five people, including two children. Dustin Honken, who was originally from Britt, was convicted in 2004 of murdering a family in a rural area outside of Mason City in … [Read more...]
39 inmates, 5 staff at state prison test positive for COVID-19
Forty-four cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the state prison in Fort Dodge. The Iowa Department of Corrections reported Monday a total of 39 inmates and five staff members of the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility have tested positive for COVID-19. On Thursday the count was one inmate … [Read more...]