Iowa Sen. Claire Celsi, D-Des Moines, criticized U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Marion, in a March 23 retweet saying “Once again, Hinson leaves out huge chunks of information! The House GOP budget plan chops 2,000 border agents.”
There have been reports of damage in several Eastern Iowa counties as the storms cut their way northeast through the state.
Some bills won’t make it this year
ISU researcher helped analyze a well-preserved skull found in southwest Iowa — the first evidence of the iconic ice age predator in the state.
House and Senate Republicans differ on approach
A man was arrested Thursday in relation to a shooting in February in Cedar Rapids in which two people were injured.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: School swatting calls, Iowa’s baseball bill, Reynolds’ birth control bill, eminent domain, K-12 education policy and more.
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a Manchester man’s murder conviction of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko, who was fatally stabbed in her car parked outside Westdale Mall in 1979. The court ruled Jerry Burns voluntarily left his DNA on a drinking straw police found in the trash of a restaurant. No warrant was needed.
There is a “high” risk of severe storms over a portion of southeast Iowa, including Johnson County and a portion of Linn County Friday afternoon and evening. The first wave of severe weather will start around noon, and the second round is projected to hit Eastern Iowa starting at 3 p.m.
A shooting that resulted in the deaths of two women in rural Springville in February was a murder-suicide, according to a Thursday news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
Video visits are an increasingly common way for residents of small-town nursing homes to receive mental health care.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and three members of the state’s congressional delegation issued statements in reaction to news Thursday that the former president has been indicted by a grand jury.
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