DES MOINES, Iowa, July 30 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 15-state coalition in supporting President Trump's appeal of a court order wrongly fining him more than $350 million. The suit was brought by New York's Democrat attorney general, who campaigned on a pledge of using "every legal avenue to pursue" President Trump. The judge required President Trump to pay an unprecedented almost half  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: ARMY EA-Baker Partners JV, Hunt Valley, Maryland, was awarded a $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for architect-engineer services. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of July 25, 2029. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Nebraska, is the contracting activity (W9128F-24-D-0019). Massma  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Terrance Buescher, 59, from Rock Valley, Iowa, was sentenced on July 26, 2024, to 5 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Buescher pled guilty on March 15, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that from April 2022 through January 2023  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, July 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Destiny Walker, 55th Wing Public Affairs Stephen Cobb and his son, Garrett, toured Offutt Air Force Base on July 19, 2024. Stephen is the son of retired Chief Master Sgt. Lawrence Cobb, a 55th Wing Hall of Fame inductee. "It's nice to come back to where you were born," said Stephen Cobb. "I have lots of memories from here." During their visit, the Cobbs were able to tour t  more