We’re still more than two weeks from Independence Day and some Iowans are already setting off noisy fireworks to celebrate, although it’s breaking local ordinances in many cities to do so. Le Mars Fire-Rescue Chief Dave Schipper says fireworks are for sale now, but they’re not supposed to be set off in town until the […]

Bill makes smuggling undocumented immigrants a crime in Iowa
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a






