BOONE COUNTY – A trial date has been set for former Madison County Treasurer Amanda DeVos. WHO-13 reports she is facing four criminal charges, including felony misconduct in office. The trial has been set for December 16th in Boone County. It was originally scheduled in Madison County in June. DeVos was arrested in late January for using her office to alter government records to make it appear as if her vehicle registration was paid. Additional charges are pending about an investigation into property taxes.

DES MOINES – An Oskaloosa man was sentenced this week to 18 years in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a child. According to public court documents, 42-year-old Matthew Scott Beal produced child pornography. Beal also used the internet to distribute four videos to an undercover law enforcement account operated by the Homeland Security’s Newark Child Exploitation Task Force. Later, law enforcement seized Beal’s phone during a search of his home in Oskaloosa. Beal’s phone contained over 100 images and videos of child pornography.

IOWA – Iowa’s regent universities announced their fall enrollment data this week. KCCI-TV reports 31,700 students are attending Iowa State, an increase of nearly 700 students from 2024, UNI’s enrollment is just over 9,200 with its largest new class of undergraduates in eight years, and the University of Iowa has 31,563 in attendance this academic year.