Jim Leach, a Davenport native who represented Iowa in congress for 30 years, has died at the age of 82. Leach was first elected to the U.S. House in 1976 and rose to be Republican chairman of the powerful House Banking Committee. Dave Loebsack, the Democrat who defeated Leach in 2006, calls Leach a statesman. […]
Governor gets bill to raise speed limit on Iowa’s two-lane highways
The governor will soon get to decide whether the 55 mile an hour speed limit on two-lane state highways will go
