February 6, 2026

A reality TV show star and entrepreneur will make two appearances in Iowa next week. Craig Conover is a founding cast member on “Southern Charm,” which launched on Bravo in 2013, following the lives of several young professionals in Charleston, South Carolina. Conover says he’s thrilled to be making his first trip to Iowa for […] View Full Story

A police officer in central Iowa was hit by a speeding car and there was gunfire Thursday afternoon. Des Moines Police Sergeant Paul Parizek says investigators had identified a suspect in a case involving multiple Facebook Marketplace cellular phone thefts — and officers were moving in. “As officers attempted to make an arrest, the suspect […] View Full Story

Several Iowa communities are holding what are billed as training sessions designed to teach people how to respond to ICE activity. A recent meeting in Cedar Rapids drew nearly 600 people. It included information on documenting arrests and developing rapid response strategies. Reverend Jonathan Heifner at St. Paul’s Methodist Church, where the training was held, […] View Full Story

People convicted of several serious crimes would face a minimum 20-year prison sentence without parole under a bill advancing in the Iowa House. During a House subcommittee hearing, Mahaska County Attorney Andrew Ritland said he’s prosecuted people with more than 10 separate felony convictions, but each sentence was no more than a year or two, […] View Full Story