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Man Arrested For Threatening With A Cross Bow
A Dubuque man was arrested Friday after he allegedly pointed a loaded cross bow at the manager of the mobile home park where he was a former resident. 53-year old Paul Carter faces charges of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon and two other charges in the incident. Authorities say...
Dubuque Airport Confirms Avelo Airlines Flights Won’t Return This Year
Merely a little over a year after they announced expanded flights to Las Vegas, and roughly seven months after they paused flights to Orlando, Dubuque's only airline has informed the Regional Airport that Dubuque will not be included in their flight schedule for the remainder of 2024. Avelo Airlines made...
Sweet corn comes back for the season
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Sweet corn is back, and Saturday was the first chance people at the Dubuque Farmers’ Market could buy Sweet corn. “It’s like the corn version of ice cream,” Alek Eglinton said. Many people went to the Farmers’ Market specifically for the yellow treat,...
John Deere Continues with Layoffs Across Midwest in Illinois & Iowa
So far this year over 1,000 workers in Iowa have lost their jobs at John Deere; that includes the recent announcement of layoffs coming to Davenport on August 30th of 211 workers and the 99 being released from the Dubuque plant on the same date. John Deere, a leading manufacturer...
Dubuque Police Report Increased Gunfire Incidents
During the initial half of 2024, Dubuque, Iowa, has witnessed a surge in reported criminal gunfire incidents. Since the beginning of the year, authorities have documented nine such occurrences. This number surpasses the entire count of seven from the previous year. It also exceeds the two cases noted in the same period in 2023 and the six from 2022’s first half.
Extreme heat and floods are back in the Midwest. How does climate change play in?
Sweaty city and state officials loaded donated air conditioners onto trucks in a St. Louis warehouse, passing the heavy boxes down the line. On this day, the thermometer soared to 103, the highest temperature ever recorded on June 25 in the city. The 800 cooling units were headed to low-income...
Iowa doctor wants access to Board of Medicine’s investigative files
An Iowa physician is taking the state’s Board of Medicine to court in an effort to gain access to its investigative files on him. Dr. Hamza Alsayouf of Des Moines is suing the Iowa Board of Medicine in Polk County District Court, alleging it is in violation of state law by refusing to turn over […] The post Iowa doctor wants access to Board of Medicine’s investigative files appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.
How much rain central Iowa saw Sunday night
DES MOINES, Iowa – Another round of showers and storms moved through central Iowa Sunday into early Monday, dropping several inches of rain for parts of the state. A substantial amount of rain fell in northern Iowa, largely in Wright County. Other spots like Marshalltown and Hampton picked up nearly an inch of rain. Carroll […]
Top Iowa business leaders are still optimistic, but less so than three months ago
Expectations for sales, capital investment and employment for the next six months are down among executives at some of Iowa’s top employers. The Iowa Business Council has released its second quarter Economic Outlook Survey for 2024, and while the overall index, at 55.26, is still considered optimistic, it is down 7.9 points from...
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