Mar. 4—An East Grand Forks City Council member was arrested late last week and is charged with a DWI and refusing to submit to a breathalyzer. East Grand Forks police claim Tim Johnson, who represents the north-central portion of the city on the council, smelled like an alcoholic beverage, was slurring his speech, and seemed disoriented when he was questioned by an officer who was called to .
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Food fight at Fongâs. Registerâs circulation drops again. Court okays Dico-city deal. Ernst lines up with Hawley.
3/3/2021
Print circulation of The Des Moines Register continues to plummet. Reported digital circulation is holding more or less steady, but at a low level, but internal numbers show it rising nicely. Executives canât explain that discrepancy.
In the six months ended Sept. 30, the latest period for which figures are available, print circulation of the Sunday Register averaged 53,274. Daily print circulation averaged 33,077. A year earlier, in the third quarter of 2019, Sunday circulation was 67,353, daily 38,904.
Thatâs a year-to-year drop of 21 percent on Sunday, 15 percent daily.
Judge: City can buy downtown Des Moines parking garage Thursday, January 21, 2021 11:20 AM The city of Des Moines can purchase a beleaguered downtown parking garage located at Walnut Street and Fifth Avenue, a Polk County District Court judge has ruled.
The structure has been at the center of two court proceedings: a foreclosure petition and a claim by the parking garage’s original developers that the city reneged on its development agreement with them.
Earlier this month, the city offered to buy the 751-space garage for about $40.6 million. The purchase price is dependent on the final tabulation of interest and fees.
Michelle Rosa McAtee, 32, of Austin, Arkansas, was arrested on a warrant Tuesday for attempted murder and willful injury causing bodily injury.
Michael Jason Godwin, 31, of Missouri Valley, Iowa, was convicted Nov. 6 of willful injury causing bodily injury and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
An Arkansas woman was arrested on a Dallas County warrant Tuesday for allegedly aiding and abetting in the attempted murder of a Bouton man at the Perry boat ramp in March.
Michelle Rosa McAtee, 32, of 194 Laser Lane, Austin, Arkansas, was charged with attempted murder and willful injury causing bodily injury.
The attacker, Michael Jason Godwin, 31, of 324 S. Ninth St., Missouri Valley, Iowa, was arrested July 1 on charges of attempted murder and willful injury causing bodily injury. He was sentenced Nov. 6 in Dallas County District Court to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of willful injury causing bodily injury.
Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison Photo by Bob LoCicero / Shutterstock.com
MN Attorney General Cracks Down on Defiant Restaurants The state’s top lawyer is taking legal action against three more Minnesota establishments that have reopened for indoor dining, despite the governor’s most recent executive order. Most restaurants in the state have been compliant, AG’s spokesman says. Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison Photo by Bob LoCicero / Shutterstock.com
Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison announced late Tuesday that his office is now suing three more Minnesota establishments for failing to comply with Gov. Tim Walz’s order to halt indoor dining.