DES MOINES, Iowa, July 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: The Adair Police Chief was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in federal prison for conspiring to make false statements to the ATF, making false statements to the ATF, and illegal possession of a machine gun. According to public court documents and evidence presented at trial and sentencing, since July 2018, Bradley Eugene Wendt, 47, has been the Chief   more

DAVENPORT, Iowa, July 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: A Quad Cities man was sentenced on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, to 126 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute less than 50 kilograms of marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to public court documents, Trevon Demon Horne, 23, was arrested by the Davenport Police Department fol  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: July 3, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income Iowa residents recovering from the impact of flooding beginning June 16, 2024, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA's Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that approximately 4,000 households that may not normally be eligible under regular Supplem  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 (TNSfact)-- The White House issued the following fact sheet on July 2, 2024: * * * President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Workers and Communities From Extreme Weather - Despite the severe impacts of extreme weather events, Republicans in Congress continue to deny the very existence of climate change and expose their constituents to health and safety dangers Across the country, tens of millions of Americans are experiencing the effects of extreme weather events. F  more