CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids man will stand trial for the charges against him from the Jan. 6 attack. Leo Kelly’s trial starts Jan. 17, 2023, in Washington, D.C., Kelly is pleading not guilty to all seven charges. The most serious charge is obstruction of an official proceeding. He was arrested in Iowa 12 days after the attack. Kelly said he followed a crowd into the U.S. Senate chamber, but he wasn’t armed and didn’t vandalize anything.

BOONE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – One person died Monday morning after a tractor rollover accident in Boone County. 73-year-old Kenneth Arnold had been using a tractor to try to pull a cut-down tree out of the timber. The tractor flipped upside down, trapping Arnold. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – Democrats in the U.S. Senate approved sweeping legislation over the weekend targeting health care, climate and tax policy, but Republicans voted against a proposal that would have capped insulin prices for private insurers. Iowa Republican U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst joined every other Republican in opposing the final legislation Sunday. And although seven Republicans voted with Democrats to preserve the legislation’s $35 insulin cap, Grassley and Ernst opposed that as well.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa’s Democratic candidate for governor pressed Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday to commit to debates ahead of the November election. Democrat Deidre DeJear said she has asked Reynolds for three debates but has received no response to multiple invitations with about 90 days to go until the election.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Cubs have been sold for the second time in less than a year. Diamond Baseball Holdings, an organization that owns and operates the Cubs, announced Tuesday that Silver Lake will become its new ownership partner. Silver Lake is acquiring Diamond Baseball Holdings from Endeavor, a global sports and entertainment company.
The Iowa Cubs had previously been sold in December.