The 94-year-old Mississippi River bridge between southwest Wisconsin and Lansing, Iowa, that’s been temporarily closed twice during construction of a replacement will be permanently closed this fall. Iowa DOT engineer Clayton Burke said the new bridge is being built 25 feet from the Black Hawk Bridge. “To keep everything safe, we’ve decided to demolish that […]

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






