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Police arrest teen after Iowa mall shooting that left 2 people hurt
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Investigators arrested a teenager in connection with a shooting at an Iowa mall that left the teen and another person wounded and sent people running for safety, police said Tuesday. Police arrested a 16-year-old on several weapons charges after learning he had been taken by a private car to a hospital after the shooting Monday afternoon inside NorthPark Mall in Davenport, a city of 100,000 people located along the Mississippi River. The teen and another person shot at each other inside the mall, Davenport Police said in a news release. Their injuries were not considered life-threatening. The shooting prompted shoppers and workers to seek shelter inside store dressing rooms and elsewhere while others ran out of the mall.
Updated: RAGBRAI 2024 Rolls into Atlantic
(Atlantic) Thousands of bicycle enthusiasts hailing from coast to coast and abroad are traveling across Iowa for RAGBRAI 2024. The trip started in Glenwood on Sunday, spent Sunday night in Red Oak, and headed out on Monday morning through Elliott, Griswold, and Lewis for an overnight stay in Atlantic. (The video posted below is the final two-and-half mile stretch on County Highway G30 into Atlantic)
Doctor suffering heart attack during Illinois marathon saved by son
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Doctor Rafael Ruggeri was running the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon this year when he suddenly collapsed at Meadowbrook Park. He was having a heart attack. Luckily, his son Isaac was running with him, and Isaac had just been trained on CPR a few weeks before...
Illinois police release bodycam video of fatal shooting of Black woman in her home
Body-camera footage showing the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 for help, was released Monday in a case that has led to murder charges against a deputy.
Pritzker, union members cut ribbon on new Manufacturing Training Academy at Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville, IL – Dozens of union workers, leaders and other guests got a close-up look at the future of workshop training July 11 at a ribbon-cutting and open house for the all-new Manufacturing Training Academy at Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC). What they saw was manufacturing education using technology that...
Pritzker, Labor leaders cut the ribbon on new Emerson Park Public Safety Center
East St. Louis, IL – Gov. JB Pritzker, Labor leaders and public officials stood together to cut the ribbon on the new Emerson Park Public Safety Building – another union-built project funded by Rebuild Illinois. The $15 million center is located at the Emerson Park Metrolink station, intended...
Volunteers sought for riverfront flood cleanup day
The United Way of Muscatine is partnering with the City of Muscatine to host a one-day event to clean up the riverfront from the flood. Volunteers will meet at the Riverview Center (two-story red brick building at the Cedar Street entrance to Riverside Park) at 8 a.m. on August 6.
Data shows a large increase in traffic stops last year by Illinois police
(The Center Square) – Illinois police departments had a busy year in 2023, with an increase in traffic stops over the year before. In Illinois Department of Transportation data compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, there was a 12% increase in traffic stops last year from 2022. “Police in Illinois conducted another 200,000 additional stops in 2023 compared with 2022, and to put that in a finer...
Muscatine Chamber gears up for Golf & Fun Day this August; Registration ongoing
We are ONE month way from our Chamber Golf & Fun Day! To ensure we have the correct numbers, sign up as soon as possible for an individual team or sponsorship!. We invite our members to join us for a day of fun this summer! Enjoy a grab & go lunch, 4-person scramble golf tournament, tee gifts, drinks, hors d’oeuvres & FUN! Not a golfer? No problem! Spend the day at the pool! Spots are limited!
Steep fines in Iowa set off state-federal showdown over child labor laws
Michelle Cox was in disbelief when a U.S. Department of Labor official told her earlier this year she was violating federal law by employing 14- and 15-year-olds past 7 p.m. on school nights. Cox, the owner of a Subway franchise in Maquoketa, Iowa, knew the state legislature had made substantial changes to state labor laws […] The post Steep fines in Iowa set off state-federal showdown over child labor laws appeared first on Stateline.
OPPD Workers Return From Helping Utilities In Iowa/Illinois
The Omaha Public Power District crews that went to Iowa and Illinois to assist with power restoration efforts after damaging storms are returning home to Nebraska. OPPD officials say that 17 employees were dispatched to Iowa and Illinois after thousands of people lost electricity following a derecho earlier this month. Officials say mutual aid is about utilities helping utilities restore power to customers.
Training for Cottage Foods-Based Processors to Begin in September
AMES, Iowa – Small food cottage-based processing companies in Iowa can improve their entrepreneurial skills and learn basic food safety in their kitchen through in-class and Zoom learning sessions offered by the Small Farm Sustainability team with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The Small Food Processing Cohort is...
Commodity prices hex Rural Mainstreet Index
(Omaha) -- One of KMAland's leading indicators still shows the region's economy stuck in the mud. Creighton University's Rural Mainstreet Index report sank below growth neutral for the 11th straight month. The survey of bank CEOs in a 10-state region--including Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri--show July's overall reading at 41.3--down from 41.7 in June, and lowest reading since November, 2023. Speaking on KMA's "Morning Line" program Monday morning, Creighton University Economist Dr. Ernie Goss says weak agricultural commodity prices are the main culprit behind the continued economic doldrums.
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