Jack Whitver, the Iowa Senate Majority Leader who has been battling a brain tumor for more than a year, will not seek re-election and will step aside as leader, he announced Tuesday.
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Jack Whitver, the Iowa Senate Majority Leader who has been battling a brain tumor for more than a year, will not seek re-election and will step aside as leader, he announced Tuesday.
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The DNA tissue sample taken from a baby left in an Iowa City landfill in 1992 was so “degraded and contaminated” that traditional DNA testing couldn’t help investigators identify the infant or his mother. Advanced testing developed by a Texas lab in 2018 helped investigators identify the mother, who was arrested last week.
A man detained by authorities days after he nearly died in an Iowa shooting is one of a growing number of crime victims who have been targeted in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” publicist Cindi Berger said in a statement. No cause of death was provided.
Jackson County, bordered by bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River to the east and cave networks, soaring rocks and hiking trails to the west, is among the Iowa counties that have shifted significantly to the right in the past decade. Here’s what residents there had to say about what’s behind the change.
The story of the robbery was revived in 1953 after a fire swept through the South Amana store, doing $25,000 in damage.
New public employees would be given the opportunity to opt out of the state retirement program, and teachers would receive financial bonuses for student achievement under recommendations being put forward by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ citizen-run task force on government efficiency.
Closing in on this week’s deadline for applications to lead Iowa State University as its 17th president, the Board of Regents this week will hear an update on the condition of that campus’ presidential residence — in which the president has to live — and it’s not good, according to board documents.
The number of Marshalltown residents diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease continues to climb as local and state public health experts reported last week they are working to identify the source of the outbreak.
Also in the Campaign Almanac, Democratic U.S. Senate candidates announce endorsements, a candidate for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District makes a fundraising announcement, and the League of Women Voters plans a candidate forum in Iowa City.
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