IOWA CITY (AP) ? A Minnesota resident says he won?t fight extradition to Iowa to face charges that he killed his wife in Iowa City more than 16 years ago.The St. Paul Pioneer Press says John Bloomfield waived his right Thursday in Ramsey County District Court in St. Paul. The 73-year-old has been jailed since his arrest last week at his St. Paul home.The former University of Iowa researcher is accused of ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? A Des Moines food pantry is seeing a big jump in demand, with 10 percent more people served in November than in the same month a year ago.The Des Moines Area Religious Council says it provided food to 14,070 in November.The organization says it believes the increased numbers are due to a sluggish economy and a return of food stamp benefits to pre-recession levels.Because of the high demand, ...
AMES (AP) ? An Iowa State University assistant professor studying cooperative economics has been presented with an endowed professorship at the university.Keri Jacobs was presented the Iowa Institute for Cooperatives Endowed Economics Professorship at the organization?s annual meeting Nov. 26. The institute is a trade group for member-owned cooperatives that provide services including electricity in rural areas, ...
For most of the world, his name is synonymous with courage and perseverance.Leaders and citizens, athletes and artists remembered Nelson Mandela on Friday ? though many struggled to find words big enough to describe the man who changed the face of South Africa and inspired a continent and a world: a colossus, a father figure, a giant baobab tree providing shade for an entire nation.Flags were lowered to ...
The Lord?s Cupboard is gearing up for the community?s annual Christmas food boxes for Jefferson County families in need.?We?re preparing for 500 families,? said Rose McMahon, helping recruit volunteers for box packing. ?More people are requesting help than ever before. The needs are greater, but the rewards are greater for helping them.?Last year, 463 boxes were filled, servicing 1,127 individuals.The Departmen...
DES MOINES (AP) ? Authorities remained puzzled Thursday about why a man with a lengthy arrest record went on a shooting rampage in his Des Moines neighborhood, sparking an exchange of gunfire with police.Steven Jon Vogel, 38, died Wednesday night in a hospital from gunshot wounds sustained in the shootout earlier in the day on the city?s south side. He shot about 100 rounds within 20 minutes, firing at homes and ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ? People shopping for insurance on the federal marketplace may be informed they?re eligible for Medicaid and that their information is being sent to state officials to sign them up.However, states say they aren?t able to enroll them because they?re receiving incomplete data from the Obama administration.The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote a memo to the 36 states using the ...
SIOUX CITY (AP) ? A fired prosecutor?s former boss testified that the assistant U.S. attorney changed dramatically in the months before she lost her job.Larry Kudej testified Thursday that Martha Fagg ?changed in front of our eyes? in the six months before she was fired by former U.S. Attorney Stephanie Rose, who is now a federal judge, according to the Sioux City Journal.?It was like a lively spirit was slowly ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? The University of Iowa says the Federal Emergency Management Agency will not require the school to purchase additional flood insurance after all.UI vice president of finance and operations Doug True said Wednesday the news ?is a very big deal and will save us millions of dollars.?The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that True shared the news during a meeting of the Iowa Board of Regents.He says ...
BRIGHTON ? Washington County Sheriff Jerry Dunbar confirmed Wednesday charges have been filed against a 13-year-old Brighton boy for a shed fire Sunday and for allegedly attempting to intimidate a witness.Charges were filed Tuesday afternoon on Aaron Lucas Williams, 13, of Brighton for criminal mischief, second-degree arson, reckless use of fire or explosives, explosive or incendiary materials or devices, and ...
SIOUX CITY (AP) ? A former U.S. attorney who is now a federal judge testified Wednesday that a fired prosecutor had committed ?hundreds? of infractions.U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose said 63 infractions against Martha Fagg were highlighted by employment attorneys advising the U.S. Attorney?s Office. But Rose added, ?They are 63 among hundreds, hundreds, hundreds,? according to the Sioux City Journal.Rose ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? Authorities say a man who fired dozens of rounds at houses and passing cars in a Des Moines neighborhood before exchanging gunfire with police has died.Des Moines police say 38-year-old Steven Jon Vogel died Wednesday night.Police say Vogel used two guns Wednesday afternoon to shoot about 100 rounds within 20 minutes on the city?s south side. He hit seven houses and three cars and wounded a ...
A water main break 3 miles north of Fairfield has prompted the Wapello Rural Water Association to call for a boil advisory for Maharishi Vedic City, Salina and rural areas near Fairfield.Fairfield water superintendent Carl Chandler said the boil order applies only to customers of the Wapello Rural Water Association.According to the Wapello Rural Water Association, water should be boiled for one minute and then ...
MIAMI (AP) ? Two men who had been held without charge at the Guantanamo Bay for more than a decade have been sent back to their native Algeria against their will as part of a renewed effort to gradually close the prison, officials said Thursday.Both prisoners, Djamel Saiid Ali Ameziane and Belkecem Bensayah, had resisted being returned to Algeria because of fears they might face persecution and further imprisonme...
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