06 Sep 2024

WQPT Suicide Prevention Awareness Discussion Panel September 12

By Terry Wilson

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 6, 2024) — Join WQPT on September 12, 2024, 5PM, for a screening of excerpts from the film, A Reason to Live, and an engaging panel discussion about suicide prevention and mental wellness.

Every day, twenty young people die by suicide in the United States.

05 Sep 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds Appoints Andrew Smith as District Judge

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 5, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced her appointment of Andrew Smith as a district judge in Judicial District 3A.

Smith, of Alta, Iowa, serves as a district associate judge in Judicial District 3A. He received his undergraduate degree from Northeast Missouri State University (Truman State) and law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law.

05 Sep 2024

Iowa Bicycle Coalition Renews Calls for Hands-Free Law

By Sarah Brune

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 5, 2024) — For the second consecutive year, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau and Iowa State Patrol collaborated at the Iowa State Fair to survey attendees on cell-phone use while driving. The survey, conducted with over 1,300 Iowans from nearly every county, revealed significant concerns about distracted driving.

05 Sep 2024

CAIR-Chicago Calls for Probe of Incidents Targeting Palestinians, Filing Complaint with Office of Police Accountability

By CAIR-Chicago

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (September 5, 2024) — The Chicago Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling for a thorough investigation by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) into incidents of hate crimes and violence against Palestinian supporters and peaceful protestors.

05 Sep 2024

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Secures Murder Conviction Against Marshall County Man for Killing Father

By Alyssa Brouillet

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 5, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird jzx announced that the Attorney General’s office, in coordination with the Marshall County Attorney’s office, secured a second-degree murder conviction against Scott Swartz for beating his elderly father to death.

05 Sep 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces Activation of Assistance for Scott County

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 5, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for Scott County in response to severe storms that occurred on June 16 and the Federal Major Disaster Declaration approval for FEMA Individual Assistance granted on August 28, 2024.

04 Sep 2024

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Announces Cold Case Unit Prosecutor

By Alyssa Brouillet

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 4, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced Scott Brown, the current chief of the Iowa Attorney General’s office’s Statewide Prosecutions Section, will serve as the prosecutor for the office’s new cold case unit, in addition to prosecuting cases for the office’s criminal division.

03 Sep 2024

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Announces Funding to Support People Experiencing or at Risk of Homelessness in Iowa

By Adrianne Todman

WASHINGTON DC (September 3, 2024) — The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced $686,019 to the State of Iowa, and the City of Des Moines to support people experiencing homelessness after extreme weather events from May 2024.

02 Sep 2024

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Launches Investigation into MSCI over Antisemitic Allegations

By Alyssa Brouillet

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 2, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has launched an investigation into MSCI, a large financial investment company, for allegedly targeting companies that do business with or in Israel.

30 Aug 2024

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Warns Iowans of Cryptocurrency Scams

By Alyssa Brouillet

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 30, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today issued a warning to Iowans about a rise in cryptocurrency scams.

“Scammers are evil con artists who take advantage of good people, and they will not stop until they take everything you have,” said AG Bird. “Remember to never send money to someone you met online. And if someone sends you to a cryptocurrency ATM, it’s a scam.”

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