People convicted of several serious crimes would face a minimum 20-year prison sentence without parole under a bill advancing in the Iowa House. During a House subcommittee hearing, Mahaska County Attorney Andrew Ritland said he’s prosecuted people with more than 10 separate felony convictions, but each sentence was no more than a year or two, […]
Western Iowa continues to face drought conditions
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought conditions have improved overall in Iowa, but dry soils continue to persist in the
