The Marshalltown Community College (MCC) Student Activity Center filled up for a different type of competition than usual on Saturday morning as both students and community members engaged in some friendly robot combat at the fourth annual Battlebots Competition. The event, hosted by the ...
A high-speed police pursuit of a Nebraska man who fled from authorities in Marshall County on Friday afternoon ended with a head-on collision along Highway 30 in Cedar Rapids that left both the suspect and the 16-year-old driver he collided with dead. According to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol, 36-year-old Garrett Sager of Grand Island, Neb. fled from law enforcement in Marshall County with a chase ensuing across four counties. During the pursuit, Sager fired on law enforcement and struck an occupied police cruiser. The report indicates that “a final stopping ...
CLEMONS — A McCallsburg woman has died after a collision with a teenage driver in rural Marshall County near Clemons on Friday afternoon, according to local law enforcement. Sheriff Joel Philips said the crash occurred at 4:07 p.m. in the 1800 mile of Eastman Avenue, and drivers from both vehicles were transported by ambulance for further medical care. Lindsey Daleske, 41, of McCallsburg passed away as a result of her injuries, and the driver and passenger in the other vehicle are both minors whose names are not being released. The Iowa State Patrol is conducting a technical ...
Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley said Friday he does not believe a special legislative session will be called before Gov.-elect Rob Sand takes office in January. Though Republicans maintained majority control over both chambers of the Iowa Legislature in the 2026 election, state lawmakers will ...
Iowa Gov.-elect Rob Sand, emphasized Friday that his priorities, and those of Iowa lawmakers, will need to be the product of collaboration now that Republicans’ trifecta majority has been divided. “We don’t elect a dictator, right? We don’t elect a king or a queen,” Sand said ...
State and local offices have launched an audit into more than 2,000 midterm election ballots left uncounted in Johnson County, though race outcomes are not expected to change. According to a Friday afternoon joint statement from Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and Johnson County Auditor ...
