House Republicans are proposing longer sentences for violent offenders with previous convictions and new restrictions in the bail system. The mandatory, 20 year sentences for “habitual” offenders would be for those with prior felony and aggravated misdemeanor convictions for crimes like sexual or domestic abuse, assault, drug possession or organized retail theft. Representative Steve Holt […]
Muscatine residents feel ‘helpless’ after multiple downtown buildings evacuated
Dozens of residents remain without a place to live and several businesses are closed in Muscatine after the eastern Iowa city
