OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – An Amtrak passenger was arrested in Ottumwa Wednesday, after police say he tried to sell drugs on the train. KTVO-TV reports Marcus Eric Wirtz, 49, faces numerous charges. Wirtz was in the process of moving from Oregon to Florida.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Congressman Steve King shouted at a protestor at an event yesterday in Des Moines, and demanded that the man be escorted from the room. King was taking questions during a forum held at the Des Moines Partnership when a man told King that he shared an ideology with the shooter at a Pittsburgh synagogue as a preface to a question. King refused to answer, and cut the man off and angrily defended himself and his pro-Israel staff.
URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – First daughter Ivanka Trump campaigned for Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds yesterday, and praised her for cutting taxes and growing Iowa’s workforce as she surprised about 75 volunteers at the Reynolds campaign headquarters in Urbandale. KCCI-TV reports Trump says she doesn’t campaign often, but would make an exception for Reynolds, who is in a razor-thin race with Democratic challenger Fred Hubbell, a retired Des Moines businessman.
LATIMER, IA (IRN) – A Latimer man is facing multiple charges after he took a ride on the hood of a minivan. KIMT-TV reports the man got into an argument with his girlfriend, jumped on the hood and punched the passenger side window until it broke. The girlfriend then took off with him still on the hood, then stopped, causing him to fall off.
TRAER, IA (IRN) – The remains of an Iowa sailor killed in the Pearl Harbor attack are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. 22-year-old William Kvidera, of Traer, will be buried Nov. 16. He was a carpenter’s mate 3rd class assigned to the USS Oklahoma. The battleship capsized on Dec. 7, 1941, after being struck by Japanese torpedoes.
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