MARENGO – An Iowa-based company could face federal charges for a December 2022 explosion in Marengo. The Des Moines Register reports C6-Zero received a warning from the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming the company is still not complying following an incident that forced evacuations of nearby homes and left chemical contamination in the area of the factory. The letter claims the company violated aspects of the Clean Air Act.

COUNCIL BLUFFS – A man guilty of assaulting a former U.S. Senator in Iowa was sentenced this week. KCCI-TV reports 26-year-old Dominic Henton was sentenced to just under a year in prison and two years of probation, as well as ten-years on the sex offender registry. In November of 2023, Henton assaulted former U.S. Senator Martha McSally in Council Bluffs.

IOWA – Severe drought expanded to a majority of Iowans in the latest weekly update. Just over 50% of Iowans are in the D2 category on the U.S. Drought Monitor, after a dry fall has erased a very wet spring and summer. This week’s heavy rain that fell in many Iowa communities was not included in the latest report. Another round of rain showers could drop two-to-three inches of rainfall starting overnight Saturday through Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.