Iowa/Midwest News

Iowa Amusement Park Ride Where Boy Died Won’t Open This Year

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 04/22/2022 - 2:00am

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The new owners of an Iowa amusement park say a water ride where a boy died last year will not reopen this summer. Bill Lentz, general manager of Adventureland in Altoona, said the park officials are still discussing whether the Raging River ride will ever reopen. Eleven-year-old Michael Jaramillo died and his brother and father were injured after their raft capsized, trapping them in the water.

Field Of Dreams Owners Plan Huge Baseball/Softball Complex

Published by jason@omahadail... on Sun, 04/17/2022 - 9:27pm

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The new owners of the "Field of Dreams" site in Iowa plan to use $80 million in private investment to make the popular tourist attraction a destination for youth baseball and softball tournaments.

Parole Revoked For Iowa Man Convicted Of Lottery Rigging

Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 04/11/2022 - 10:52pm

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man serving a 25-year prison sentence for rigging computers to win lottery jackpots has had his parole revoked after he got into trouble in prison just before his scheduled release.

$100,000 Discount? Federal Disaster Grant Creates Affordable Homeownership In Small-Town Iowa

Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 04/06/2022 - 2:00am

Set in the Loess Hills, less than an hour’s drive from Omaha, Southwest Iowa’s Woodbine has revamped its downtown historic district.

The town’s roughly 1,500 residents just opened a $15 million wellness and technology center and maintain an independent and growing rural school system.

Iowa Governor Swipes at Biden Leadership in GOP Rebuttal

Published by Nikki Palmer on Sat, 03/05/2022 - 3:00am

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, delivering the Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday, painted the picture of a country in the grip of several crises as she hammered the president’s leadership, notably on the world stage.

Iowa Governor Signs Flat Tax Bill Into Law

Published by Nikki Palmer on Sat, 03/05/2022 - 2:00am

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday signed into law a bill that phases in a 3.9% flat tax over four years, eliminates taxes on retirement income and lowers taxes for corporations at an estimated overall cost of about $2 billion in lower annual total state income when fully implemented.

Auditor: Iowa’Governor Must Return $450K in COVID Funds

Published by Nikki Palmer on Sat, 03/05/2022 - 1:00am

Iowa’s state auditor has again called for Gov. Kim Reynolds to return nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds that were used to pay for 21 governor’s office staff members for three months in 2020.

Auditor Rob Sand, a Democrat, released a report Tuesday that repeated his recommendation from October 2020 and last December that the funds were improperly used and should be returned.

Iowa Legislature Sends Governor $2 Billion Flat Tax Plan to Sign

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 03/01/2022 - 12:00am

The Iowa Legislature sent a bill to Gov. Kim Reynolds last Thursday that creates a 3.9% flat tax in four years, eliminates taxes on retirement income and lowers taxes for corporations at an estimated cost of about $2 billion to a state with an annual $8 billion budget.

Iowa Justices Reconsider State Constitution’s Abortion Right

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 03/01/2022 - 12:00am

Iowa’s Supreme Court heard arguments last week about abortion restrictions Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law, and many conservative justices deciding the case have replaced predecessors who affirmed four years ago that the state constitution guarantees women the right to have abortions.

Some in Southwest Iowa Communities Oppose Proposed Wind Farm

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 02/25/2022 - 12:00am

A plan by MidAmerican Energy to build a large wind farm in southwestern Iowa is drawing opposition from some community residents.

MidAmerican is seeking to build a 400 megawatt capacity wind farm capable of providing power to about 144,000 Iowa homes, Iowa Public Radio reported.

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