DUBUQUE COUNTY – Two Illinois residents died in a Dubuque County crash Wednesday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol reports a Subaru operated by 64-year-old Raymond Seeley of Sterling, Illinois, pulled out onto Highway 151 by failing to yield at a stop sign on Skyline Drive. A semi operated by William James of Texas collided with the vehicle. Seeley was pronounced dead on scene, while his passenger, 62-year-old Deana Seeley, also of Sterling, was flown to the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, where she later died from her injuries. James was also injured in the crash.

DES MOINES – The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of Des Moines Area Community College in relation to a project and paying retainage money. Iowa Capital Dispatch reports the opinion ruled in favor of DMACC and their right to refuse a request by Graphite Construction Group to pay retainage funds before a project was completed. The ruling overturned an appeals court decision. DMACC hired Graphite in 2019 for work on the Ankeny campus for the automotive building. The construction company requested final payment in early 2022, but DMACC denied the request, claiming the project was incomplete. The funds totaled $510,000, and a subcontractor on the project claimed Graphite owed them $212,000.

DES MOINES – Governor Kim Reynolds intends to reapply for a waiver with the Iowa Department of Agriculture to provide an alternative to a federal summer assistance program. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports the Iowa Department of Health and Human services submitted a waiver that was denied. The $2.5 billion dollar program operated by the federal government provides $40 per child each month when school is out through SNAP. Governor Reynolds has opted out of the program, citing a lack of nutrition requirements and associated administrative costs. She is hoping the Trump Administration will be more open to a program operated by the state that was expanded this past summer and directly hands out meals to kids and their families.