The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from 22 states sued Amazon Monday, claiming the online retail company used artificial bids to inflate costs for advertisers, bringing in tens of billions of dollars. The complaint alleges that Amazon used an “invented auction participant” ...
Marshall County Courthouse Court Sept. 1 • Canaan Kwan Wilson made an initial appearance on two violation of probation charges, a voluntary absence from custody charge and a possession of drug paraphernalia charge. Jennifer Weaver is appointed as counsel for all charges. The probation revocation hearing is set for 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 18. On the new charges the preliminary hearing is set at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 11. Wilson is being held without bond. • Winner Kokou Banissan made an initial appearance on a driving while barred charge. The public defender’s office is appointed as ...
The defendants in the lawsuit brought forward by the Animal Rescue League (ARL) of Marshalltown against Marshall County, the City of Laurel and County Attorney Jordan Gaffney have filed responses to the claims against them and demanded a jury trial. When ARL Executive Director Austin Gillis announced the lawsuit in a July 6 press conference, he referred to two incidents in May when the ARL traveled to Laurel, responding to law enforcement calls for assistance. In the first incidents, the ARL took in six cats, seven and two dogs; and four cats in the second. The animals remained with ...
TAMA – Rep. Dean Fisher of Montour thought his chess-playing days were over after giving up the mind sport half a century ago following high school. But through his work with the private, non-denominational K-8 Tama-Toledo Christian School, he’s picked up the game again after all these ...
A Marshalltown-based real estate agency has been announced as one of three finalists in the Iowa Finance Authority (IFA’s) 2026 Iowa Homeownership Incubator contest and will have a chance to compete for $40,000 in marketing funding to develop and promote the campaign in partnership with the ...
Less than 10% of Iowa corn acres have reached the mature stage as of the latest crop progress and condition report, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture anticipates some reports of harvested acres to appear in the next weekly report. According to the USDA report for the Aug. 24 through ...
