Tuesday, October 19, 2021

AMES, IA (IRN) – Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn received multiple threats, including one of lynching, after he wrote an opinion piece critical of former President Donald Trump in the Des Moines Register. Wilburn, a state representative from Ames, is the first Black chair of the Iowa Democratic Party.

HAZLETON, IA (IRN) – A crash involving three vehicles along Iowa Highway 150 near Hazleton in Buchanan County on Monday killed two people. A 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis, operated by Nicholas Johnson, 40, of Oelwein, was traveling southbound on the highway and crossed the centerline. It collided with a 2006 Toyota Sienna, driven by John Friend, 70, of Davenport, head-on. Both were killed.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa City police say a man was found unconscious and suffering from a gunshot wound after a vehicle crash. He’s in critical condition.

NEWTON, IA (IRN) – An anticipated round of layoffs in Newton is now official. TPI Composites will lay off 710 employees. The company was founded in 1963 and has been producing wind blades since 2001. The Newton plant employs about 800 people.

WAVERLY, IA (IRN) – Wartburg College is adding a women’s wrestling program to start competing in the 2022-2023. It will be the only Division III school in Iowa to offer women’s wrestling and the first American Rivers Conference school to do so.This comes nearly a month after the University of Iowa announced plans to add women’s wrestling.