Bernie Sanders rolls out ‘Fight For Us’ ad campaign with over $1 million buy in Iowa
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) presidential campaign, Bernie 2020, released its first television campaign advertisement on Tuesday morning. “Defeating Trump is not enough. We need leadership that will fight for More...
Iowa man David Smith dies after setting himself on fire in Des Moines Central Library
Police in Des Moines, Iowa identified David Smith as the man who walked into the busy atrium of the Iowa public library, then doused himself in a flammable liquid before setting himself on fire. Smith, 36, died More...
States launch antitrust probes into Facebook, Google
Top state law-enforcement officials from across the country are formally launching antitrust probes into Facebook and Alphabet’s Google starting this week, further pressuring tech giants already under federal More...
Criminologists like John Paul Wright are misleading Americans
John Paul Wright, professor at University of Cincinnati, and Matthew DeLisi professor at Iowa State University have penned a powerful article titled “What Criminologists Don’t Say, and Why,” in More...
Celia Barquin Arozamena killer, Collin Richards, sentenced to life in prison
Last September, the Big 12 Champion and Iowa State University’s (ISU) female athlete of the year, Celia Barquin Arozamena was found stabbed to death at the Coldwater Links golf course in Ames, Iowa. She was More...
Bernie Sanders tells Iowa worker than his Medicare For All plan would ‘absolutely’ take away his health care
Vermont Senator outspoken socialist Bernie Sanders spoke on the 2020 presidential spoke about his Medicare For All, universal health care plan, telling a worker in Iowa that he would “absolutely” take away his More...
Noel Man, Mahamud Mahamed Charged with Kidnapping Murder Victims Daughter
A Noel, Missouri, man has been charged in federal court with kidnapping the 4-year-old daughter of a woman whose body was discovered in a suitcase last month. Mahamud Tooxoow Mahamed, 37, a Somali national, was More...
Bernie Sanders doubles down: climate change bigger national security threat than ISIS, Al Qaeda, Trump is an idiot for being skeptical
2020 presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said climate change represents a bigger threat to national security than ISIS or Al Qaeda during a campaign speech in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday. “Four More...
Iowa Man, Garrett Kelsey Charged with Making Threats to Jewish Organization
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation More...
Campaign Legal Center likens felon voter fees to Jim Crow, ‘Felony disenfranchisement’
FROM THE CLC: 10 million Americans owe more than $50 billion in fines and fees related to criminal convictions Over half of the disenfranchised population is no longer incarcerated and is living in a state that More...
Election 2020: Bernie Sanders cuts hours for staff to get, keep them at $15 per hour
Capitalism 1010 descended on the Bernie Sanders campaign. Sanders pushes for a $15 minimum wage and has announced this weekend he will cut staffers’ hours so that they can effectively be paid a $15-an-hour More...
Chris Young headlines ‘Raised on Country World Tour’ with fall dates set
After launching his USAA sponsored “Raised On Country World Tour 2019” in May, multi-platinum entertainer Chris Young has already played to capacity crowds over the first 12 shows of his headlining tour. And More...
Robert Lewis Sentenced to 30 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth out Boxes of Car Parts
A man who conspired with others to distribute ice methamphetamine was sentenced yesterday to 30 years’ in federal prison. Robert Lewis, age 44, from Janesville, Iowa, received the prison term after an August 22, More...
Cedar Rapids Man, Troy French Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography
A man who possessed child pornography pled guilty on July 8, 2019, in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Troy French, age 29, from Cedar Rapids, was convicted of one count of possession of child pornography. At the More...
John Crist sets ‘Immature Thoughts’ tour dates throughout the fall
John Crist’s “Immature Thoughts Tour” will find the headliner trekking to mostly new markets this fall, including the first ever jaunt in Eastern Canada for the standup comedian and internet More...
Iowa Man, Michael Weddell Sentenced for Abusive Sexual Contact by Force
United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux City, Iowa, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact by Force was sentenced on June 24, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier. Photo/Gerd Altmann Michael More...
Washington coach headed to prison for 25 years in kiddie porn case
Special Agent in Charge Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle Field Office and U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran announced today that the former coach More...
Iowa Man, Mark Spicer Pleads Guilty for Interstate Transportation of a Minor for Prostitution
United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced that Mark Spicer, a/k/a Chief, age 24, of Iowa, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of interstate transportation of an individual under the age of eighteen More...
Cash Burch Guilty of Distributing Meth from Prison is Sentenced to 10 Years
A man who was responsible for distributing pounds of ice methamphetamine while he was in state prison was sentenced May 17, 2019, to ten years in federal prison.drugs Cash Burch, age 35, from Des Moines, Iowa, received More...
North Sioux City Man, Brendon Reed Sentenced to Federal Prison for Bank Robbery
A man who led law enforcement on a high speed chase after robbing a bank was sentenced May 14, 2019 to more than eight years in federal prison. Brendon Daniel Reed, age, 43 from North Sioux City, South Dakota, received More...
