The amount of money spent on sports betting increased again in October. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission reports there was about $46.5 million spent on sports betting in the month. That is up by just about $8 million compared to the first full month of sports betting in September. The … [Read more...]
Briar Cliff student accused of using fake checks to pay for sex
A Briar Cliff University student is facing several charges for allegedly forging checks and using them to pay for sex acts. Twenty-year-old Davion Sandifer of Austin, Texas is charged with five counts each of forgery, soliciting prostitution and criminal transmission of a contagious or infectious … [Read more...]
Congressman King expects to regain committee assignments
Iowa Congressman Steve King says he expects to be placed back on several legislative committees in the near future. King, a Republican from Kiron, was removed from all committee assignments in January following a New York Times article where he addressed white supremacy. Speaking in Le Mars on … [Read more...]
INHF buying Clover Woods, formerly known as Iowa 4-H Camp
The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation plans to buy "Clover Woods" near Madrid -- which used to be known as the Iowa 4-H Camp. Joe Jayjack, a spokesman for the foundation, said the goal is to ensure the area is preserved for public use. "It has a lot of natural resource value and we were really … [Read more...]
State increases bobcat bag limit in some counties as population increases
The bobcat comeback in Iowa continues and that's led the Iowa DNR to raise the trapping limit in the area where they are most prevalent in the state. DNR wildlife biologist Vince Evelsizer, says they are moving from a one bobcat limit up to three across the southern three tiers of counties in … [Read more...]
Idled Sioux Center ethanol plant back at 50% production
A northwest Iowa ethanol plant that was idled in mid-September has resumed production, due to action in California. Kelly Nieuwenhuis, a farmer from Primghar, is president of farmer-owned Siouxland Energy in Sioux Center. "The State of California is using a significant amount of ethanol to … [Read more...]
Founder of Happy Joe’s pizza restaurants has died
According to KWQC TV, the founder of "Happy Joe's" restaurants died early today at the age of 82. Lawrence Joseph "Happy Joe" Whitty was a North Dakota native who moved to Davenport in 1966. In 1972, he opened the first "Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream" in the Village of East … [Read more...]
Reward now offered in unsolved murder of Creston man
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says a one-thousand dollar reward is now being offered for clues in the death of a Creston man. Forty-five-year-old Paul Allen Scheel was found dead at his apartment on Valentine's Day in 2018 and an autopsy ruled his death a homicide. DCI Special Agent … [Read more...]
Webster City woman confirms her husband’s death
The wife of a missing Webster City man says he's been found dead. Thirty-eight-year-old Jay Dee Wynkoop was reported missing on Sunday afternoon and his car was found outside a Webster City convenience store. Webster City police gave few details of what happened to to Wynkoop. His wife … [Read more...]
Lopez Foods buys idled northwest Iowa meat processing plant
A new owner plans to reopen a meat processing facility in northwest Iowa. Oklahoma-based Lopez Foods, a family-owned business, bought the plant in Cherokee from Iowa Food Group, which closed the facility in April. Bill Anderson with Cherokee Area Economic Development says 40 people worked at Iowa … [Read more...]