BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The head of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is asking a federal agency overseeing the environmental review of the Dakota Access oil pipeline to cut ties with a contractor conducting the analysis, citing a conflict of interest.
Deputies said semi driver, Michael Lacourciere, 60, of Morton, Illinois, triggered a three-semi wreck Wednesday morning on Hwy. 151 West when he stopped on the roadway in a one-lane construction zone, then pulled onto the shoulder and began to back up.
A Wednesday forum hosted by NewBoCo marks the first appearance with four candidates in the Cedar Rapids mayoral race leading up to the Nov. 2 city election.
Employees are retiring, moving to less stressful careers, as UI works to hire hundreds
This Saturday, as part of Statewide Volunteer Day, 20 state parks and forests will host volunteer events.
According to the Iowa Department of public health, 638 people were hospitalized with the virus as of Wednesday, the highest number recorded since Dec. 23 when 644 people were hospitalized.
Affordable housing, child care and continuing the city’s climate action work are among what Iowa City council members want to see prioritized in the upcoming fiscal budget.
Ashley Hudson –an “aspiring kindergarten teacher and had dreams of becoming a Mount Mercy graduate” – died Monday, Sept. 20, as a result of COVID complications.
The inductees have made significant contributions to the local, state and national Democratic Party by supporting Democratic candidates and campaigns at all levels.
He was not approached by Trump associates attempting to convince him of their strategy should he be the one presiding over the certification, Grassley said.
An Iowa man sentenced to 5 months in federal prison for filing false unemployment claims in New York and Maine. He used two checking accounts to receive funds and then would withdraw some for himself and some to send to others in the scheme.
Jury finds 38-year-old Robin A. Castillo Fuentes, of Coralville, guilty of 28 counts of lascivious conduct and indecent contact with a 12-year-old girl for over a year. He faces up to 44 years in prison.
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