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Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Quad-City Times. June 9, 2021. Editorial: It’s time to step up Unfortunately, the people of Davenport have become...

Defense attorneys Jennifer Frese, left, and Chad Frese speak during a news conference after the verdict in the Cristhian Bahena Rivera trial, Friday, May 28, 2021, at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa. A jury on Friday found Bahena Rivera guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who vanished while out for a run in 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Pool)
Farm laborer convicted in 2018 stabbing death of Iowa runner

By Ryan J. Foley May. 28, 2021 03:44 PM EDT

In this Nov. 2020, photo provided by the Scott County (Iowa) Sheriff's Office is Henry Earl Dinkins. Dinkins, a registered sex offender was charged last July, with violating sex offender registry requirements by failing to update his address, and having contact with minors. On Wednesday, April 5, 2021, authorities announced that Dinkins, who is still in custody, has been charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of Breasia Terrell, a Davenport girl who disappeared last July. (Scott County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Illinois prison term loomed for suspect in Iowa girl's death

By Ryan J. Foley May. 19, 2021 05:09 PM EDT

In this Nov. 2020, photo provided by the Scott County (Iowa) Sheriff's Office is Henry Earl Dinkins. Dinkins, a registered sex offender was charged last July, with violating sex offender registry requirements by failing to update his address, and having contact with minors. On Wednesday, April 5, 2021, authorities announced that Dinkins, who is still in custody, has been charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of Breasia Terrell, a Davenport girl who disappeared last July. (Scott County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Suspect in Iowa girl's murder had been paroled weeks earlier

By Ryan J. Foley May. 18, 2021 02:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2019, file photo, Cristhian Bahena Rivera appears for a hearing at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa. Citing COVID-19 protocols, Judge Joel Yates said in an order dated Monday, May 10, 2021, that members of the public and news media will not be allowed inside the courtroom when Rivera's trial starts next week. Rivera, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mollie Tibbetts, 20, who disappeared in July 2018 while out for a run in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP File)/The Des Moines Register via AP)
Prosecutor says trial in Iowa student's death won't be easy

By Ryan J. Foley May. 17, 2021 01:18 AM EDT

Judge OKs broadcast, limits attendance at Iowa murder trial

By Ryan J. Foley May. 11, 2021 12:19 PM EDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The public will be able to watch the trial of the man charged with killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts — but not in...

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Apr. 05, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Des Moines Register. April 1, 2021. Editorial: How can Iowa become a telework destination? Make it a place people want to live ...

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 file photo, people wait in line in the rain outside of an early voting site in Miami, as Florida begins in-person early voting in much of the state Monday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Pre-election virus spike creates concerns for polling places

By Ryan J. Foley Nov. 01, 2020 10:17 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2020, file photo, people wait in line to vote early at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. A surge in coronavirus cases is hitting key presidential battleground states a little more than two weeks before the November election. Voters in Georgia, Texas and elsewhere encountered hours-long lines that required congregating with hundreds of other people. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
Virus surges in key battleground states as election nears

By Scott Bauer Oct. 16, 2020 01:55 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 3, 2020, file photo, protesters rally in Phoenix, demanding that the Phoenix City Council defund the Phoenix Police Department. The racial justice protests following the death of George Floyd spurred calls to “defund the police” in cities across the country, a priority for activists that has now become a central point in the presidential contest. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
Police departments seeing modest cuts, but not 'defunding'

By Geoff Mulvihill Oct. 01, 2020 01:03 AM EDT

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By The Associated Press Sep. 21, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Des Moines Register. September 17, 2020 Help Stephens Auditorium, as well as other arts venues, get through the pandemic ...

The steeple at College Church in Wheaton, Ill. was toppled during a storm Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Ill. Church officials check out the damage from the rooftop which also left several trees in the nearby park heavily damaged. (Mark Welsh /Daily Herald via AP)
Powerful storm leaves 2 dead, heavy crop damage in Midwest

By Ryan J. Foley And Josh Funk Aug. 11, 2020 11:02 AM EDT

This undated photo provided by the Kelly family shows Italia Marie Kelly, 22, of Davenport, Iowa. Kelly, who also went by the last name Impinto, was shot and killed outside a Walmart early Monday, June 1, 2020, while leaving a protest against police brutality. Police say the death is under investigation and came amid a night of civil unrest in Davenport, Iowa's third largest city. (Courtesy of the Kelly family via AP)
Woman, 22, killed at protest as civil unrest roils Davenport

By Ryan J. Foley Jun. 01, 2020 06:23 PM EDT