DES MOINES – A former gymnastics coach in central Iowa faces decades in prison following a guilty plea to recording underage gymnasts. The Des Moines Register reports 39-year-old Sean Gardner worked at Chow’s Gymnastics in West Des Moines. He was sentenced Wednesday to 90 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to three counts of producing child pornography.
DES MOINES – President Donald Trump is slated to make two campaign stops ahead of the November 3rd midterm election. KCCI-TV reports Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann announced Trump will make visits on October 22nd in Sioux City and in a location to be determined on November 1st.
IOWA – Nearly half of Iowa’s counties have passed some sort of moratorium related to the development of data centers. WHO-13 reports the Iowa AI Coalition reports that counties and cities are responding to growing concerns about the impact data center have on water usage, utilities, and noise pollution. Several major tech companies have been working to place more data centers in Iowa.
DES MOINES – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 3.2 percent in September for the fifth consecutive month, up from a jobless rate of 3.1 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate increased to 4.2 percent in September. The total number of unemployed Iowans increased to 55,700 in September from 54,700 in August.
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