CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 24, 2024, entitled "Iowa Job Openings and Labor Turnover - August 2024": * * * Iowa had 81,000 job openings in August 2024, compared to 71,000 openings in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Iowa was 4.8 percent in Augu  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A man who sold methamphetamine and unlawfully possessed a firearm was sentenced today to more than 14 years in federal prison. Julius Anthony Montgomery, age 39, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after an April 17, 2024 guilty plea to distribution of a controlled substance following a conviction for a prior serious drug felony. Evidence at the sen  more

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Davenport man was sentenced today to 150 months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Nathan Neil Tyson, 25, distributed fentanyl to another person. That person died because they ingested the fentanyl Tyson gave them. Officers located marijuana, cash, and an extended firearm magazine a  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Nicholas Janvrin, 32, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was sentenced on October 23, 2024, to more than 13 years in federal prison. Janvrin pled guilty March 27, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City to illegally possessing a firearm and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Janvrin was previously convicted of burglary, third degree, a felony, in the Iowa District Court f  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A man with four prior felony convictions was convicted by a jury today, after a 3-day trial in federal court in Sioux City. Caleb Root, age 44, from Concord, Michigan, was convicted of one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance - marijuana, one count of possession with intent to distrib  more

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Saginaw, Michigan man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a distribution quantity of methamphetamine. According to public court documents, on three occasions in 2023 and 2024, Xavier Juwaun Williams, 24, sold or attempted to sell a total of more than 800 grams of methamphetamine. Williams transported the methamphetamine from Michigan to  more