Iowa Senate Republicans called for an audit of Des Moines Public Schools after the arrest of former superintendent Ian Roberts — prompting pushback from State Auditor Rob Sand. Also in this week’s Capitol Notebook: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joins a multistate coalition backing Trump’s National Guard deployments.
The Iowa County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday issued a news release with more details of the June 20 shooting along Interstate 80.
A woman from South English was killed Friday morning when her sport utility vehicle failed to make a curve on an ice-covered Iowa County highway and overturned in a ditch
A semi-truck collided with a train near Amana Thursday morning, temporarily blocking a busy highway. No injuries were reported. The semi-truck driver was cited for failing to stop at an active train crossing.
Family and friends gathered in Marion Thursday night for a candlelight vigil to commemorate the life of Melody Hoffman, a 20-year-old Marion woman who police say was kidnapped and murdered over the weekend.
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