July 21, 2020 Iowa teachers sending own obituaries to Gov. Reynolds in protest of school reopening proclamation Teachers in Iowa are penning their own obituaries and sending them to Gov. Kim Reynolds after she announced last week that schools must reopen for in-person learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.
July 17, 2020 Iowa meth kingpin Dustin Honken executed, third federal execution this week A drug kingpin from Iowa was executed on Friday afternoon, after he was convicted of murdering two young women and three adults, marking the third time this week that a federal inmate has been put to death after a 17-year capital punishment hiatus.
July 17, 2020 Iowa drug kingpin who killed 5 set for execution Friday A meth kingpin from Iowa who killed five people, including two young girls, is scheduled Friday to become the third federal inmate to be executed this week, following a 17-year pause in federal executions.
July 16, 2020 'Magic School Bus' author Joanna Cole dies at age 75 Author Joanna Cole, whose “Magic School Bus” books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75.
July 7, 2020 Iowa Black Lives Matter activists face rare leak charge, allegedly showed confidential police document on TV Prosecutors in Iowa have filed a rarely used leak charge against Black Lives Matter protesters accused of stealing a confidential police document and displaying it during a television news broadcast.
June 27, 2020 Sen. Joni Ernst on her bill to end lawless zones: 'If they want to be autonomous, then they can exist w/o federal money' If lawless protest zones like Seattle's "CHOP" want to exist autonomously, they can do so without federal taxpayer dollars, Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst stated Saturday.
June 26, 2020 Ernst bill would cut funds to cities, states that allow CHOP-type zones Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst introduced legislation on Thursday to end federal funding for states and localities that "obstruct the rule of law" by allowing autonomous zones to exist outside of police control.
June 24, 2020 Iowa police chief claims Facebook comment purportedly calling BLM protesters 'road bumps' was 'a total accident' A police chief in Iowa apologized Tuesday and said that his Facebook comment that appeared to refer to Black Lives Matter protesters as “road bumps” was just a “horrible mistake” and a “total accident.”
June 16, 2020 Trump edges Biden 44-43 in tight Iowa race: poll A new poll in the one-time swing state indicates a tight contest between President Trump and his 2020 Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
June 16, 2020 Iowa high school baseball team kneels during national anthem to start season An Iowa high school baseball team started its season on Monday by kneeling during the national anthem in support of "Black Lives Matter" and racial injustice, according to multiple reports.
