A tree fell across vehicles at a home in West Des Moines after a severe thunderstorm moved across Iowa on Aug. 10. It was the costliest storm system in modern U.S. history. David Pitt/AP hide caption toggle caption David Pitt/AP A tree fell across vehicles at a home in West Des Moines after a severe thunderstorm moved across Iowa on Aug. 10. It was the costliest […]
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VT: There is much that isn’t being told here in this two week old murder case. Yes, they have now arrested 4 ‘ever-Trumpsters’ in the killing but the story is being suppressed. Police announced this was not a race crime because one of the 4 knew the victim. We know otherwise and would like to take a strong look at local police and their relationship with […]
Four people have been charged in connection with the death of Michael Williams, a 41-year-old Black man whose burning body was found in a ditch last week, Iowa authorities announced Tuesday. Officers said they believe Williams was strangled on Sept. 12, and his death was “not a random act of violence,” as he’d known at least one of the suspects for years. The Iowa Division of […]
Last Monday, top officials on the White House coronavirus task force issued an urgent warning to governors across the country: Stop sending your COVID-infected college students home to their parents or risk another nationwide surge, just like the one that overwhelmed the South this summer. So far, the task force’s request for governors to talk to their college presidents appears to have made little difference. By […]
A longtime employee of the Iowa Department of Public Health claims she was forced to resign after responding to routine public records requests about the coronavirus pandemic. In a press conference Thursday after she filed a wrongful discharge lawsuit, former IDPH spokesperson Polly Carver-Kimm claimed the governor’s office chose to use information from her department “in the way that would best serve the governor’s agenda and […]
The largely maskless crowd on the South Lawn of the White House for President Trump’s speech accepting the Republican nomination happened to number about the same as the new COVID-19 cases that day in the state with one of the highest infection rates. Iowa reported a record 1,289 new cases on Thursday. But any comparison between that and the 1,000 plus supporters arrayed before Trump was […]
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA—Jessica Tennyson, 34, stays inside her apartment on the southeast side of town as long as she can at night. Eventually, though, the heat is too much for her to bear, and she has to step out into the pitch-black street. “I’m always afraid that one of these times I’m going to be sitting out on my porch and somebody’s just going to go […]
Kanye West’s presidential campaign has asked to appear on the Iowa ballot, keeping his 2020 bid alive as the entertainer called to meet with Donald Trump and Joe Biden to discuss “restoring the black community.” Representatives for the West campaign brought nominating petitions to the office of Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate on Friday, the secretary said in a tweet, adding that that would be […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0a/1080126194_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_6bdd3656d981d74754399a73b348c3b2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008101080126315-videos-derecho-with-hurricane-force-winds-cuts-trail-of-destruction-across-us-midwest-/ Some 450,000 homes and businesses in Nebraska and Iowa are without power following the onslaught of a derecho that stretched across several states, downed trees and caused structural damage that is now being assessed. A derecho is a widespread, long-lived windstorm that is generally accompanied by rapidly moving showers and thunderstorms. The Weather Channel revealed Monday afternoon that winds […]
Facing a heavy burden from trade and the coronavirus, “Iowa’s just in a position to be in maybe more ready than other states to make a change” in November, says pollster J. Ann Selzer. Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio Facing a heavy burden from trade and the coronavirus, “Iowa’s just in a position to be in maybe more ready […]
Theresa Greenfield is a 56-year-old Des Moines real estate development executive who’s still small-town, girl-next-door-friendly. She’s also running for the United States Senate. Her style is so earnest, affable, and humble that talking to her the first question that comes to mind is: What’s a nice girl like you doing in a racket like this? Part of the answer lies with Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst. The […]
A Black Lives Matter protester who tried to block a vehicle carrying Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) by standing in front of it Tuesday said he was was shocked when Reynolds’ driver hit the gas instead of the brake and drove right through him. The protester, Jaylen Cavil, said he was “physically okay” after failing to block the governor. Jaylen Cavil protesting Gov. Reynolds, screen image. […]
Protester Italia Marie Kelly was shot and killed in the Davenport, Iowa, late Sunday night/early Monday morning as the protest she was attending was winding down. It’s being called a random shooting, and was not a police related, so it did not receive national attention. Don’t expect the far left protesters to chant her name. WQAD reports: TRENDING: UPDATE: Looters Murder Retired St. Louis Police Captain […]
The only member of Congress known for lamenting the decline of white Americans and making racist remarks about the size of immigrants’ calf muscles is out of a job next year. Rep. Steve King was defeated in a five-person primary Tuesday by a fellow Republican, Iowa state Sen. Randy Feenstra, who had received support from a national GOP establishment that finally invested deeply in an effort […]
Rep. Steve King, shown here during a news conference in August 2019, faced criticism for his comments on abortion, including when he questioned whether there would be “any population of the world left” if not for births due to rape and incest. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Neibergall/AP Rep. Steve King, shown here during a news conference in August 2019, faced criticism for his […]
Theresa Greenfield is a Democrat who is running for the United States Senate in Iowa. During a recent debate, she was asked a direct question about illegal border crossings. Instead of providing a direct answer, she deflected by going on and on about how our immigration system is broken. The Washington Free Beacon reports: TRENDING: BREAKING — “QUID PRO JOE’ — AUDIO Released of JOE BIDEN […]