DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – According to the office of the governor, Gov. Reynolds experienced chest pain earlier today and out of an abundance of caution went to the emergency room to seek medical care. The governor was seen by a physician. Her blood tests, chest x-rays, and electrocardiogram test were all normal. She has been released from the hospital and is back working at the Capitol.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – The former office manager of the Iowa City Area Development Group is accused of misusing approximately a half-million dollars of ICAD funds over more than a decade. According to the Iowa State Auditor’s Office, a special investigation identified nearly $470,000.00 of improper disbursements made by Sheri Jelinek.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police say heavy police and FBI presence in several neighborhoods is part of a collaborative investigation effort. FBI agents and police were at several homes for some time Thursday morning.
LINCOLN, NE (IRN) – A Montana man dubbed the AK-47 bandit and accused of holding up banks in several states over a five-year period has been sentenced in a Nebraska federal court to 35 years in prison. KIMT-TV reports Richard Gathercole is suspected of robbing the Iowa Heartland Credit Union in Mason City in 2015
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Polk County jury will decide whether former Gov. Terry Branstad was acting out of anti-gay animosity when he slashed a former state official’s pay and asked him to resign nearly a decade ago. Former Iowa’s Workers’ Compensation Commissioner, Chris Godfrey, a Democrat, first filed the case in 2012, and it has cost taxpayers over a million dollars in lawyer fees so far.
CRESTON, IA (IRN) – A Creston family used their teen son’s obituary to send a message to bullies with a plea for kindness after he took his own life. In the obituary, the family of 16-year-old Dan Richards began by remembering their son as “the ideal son.” His obituary reads, “He was easygoing and so caring … Dan touched the lives of many. He didn’t have a mean bone in his body.” Richards attended Creston Community High School and died on May 30. But Richards’ family also sent a pointed message, writing, “to the bullies out there who succeeded in making Dan feel worthless, he wasn’t…the family has no hard feelings towards you, and you are forgiven. Your actions are between you and God now.”
IOWA (IRN) – Iowa residents who want to try their hand at fishing this weekend will not need a state license to do so. The DNR declared Friday, June 7 through Sunday, June 9 as Free Fishing Weekend. It means that a state-issued fishing license will not be required along Iowa’s waterways, ponds, and lakes.
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