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After 15 months, the Des Moines City Council will resume in-person meetings Monday, but not without first implementing a number of new public health and security measures at City Hall. To start, according to a Tuesday news release, the building will close at 4 p.m. ahead of council meetings to allow for a security sweep. The building will reopen to the public at 4:30 p.m., effectively pushing back the start of council meetings to 5 p.m. Members of the public will be able to enter the building...

Iowa lawmakers expect to convene a special session later this year to tackle redistricting after delays in the U.S. census slowed their efforts.

Iowa lawmakers expect to convene a special session later this year to tackle redistricting after delays in the U.S. census slowed their efforts.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On Friday, April 30, Governor Reynolds signed into law HF 561  (formerly SSB1006), a bill pertaining to mechanic’s lien. The bill goes into effect on January 1, 2022. As discussed in a prior blog post, this bill was an affirmative legislative item from the Iowa State Bar Association’s (ISBA) Construction Law Section. Attorney Jodie McDougal, Vice-Chair of the ISBA Construction Law Section Council, was the initial drafter and dri...

The Hawk Eye The City of Burlington wants The Hawk Eye to pay nearly $700 for emails from City Manager Jim Ferneau and city councilman Matt Rinker. Included in the invoice are $300 in fees from the citys attorney to review the emails before they can be forwarded to The Hawk Eye. "The amount would need to be paid before we begin the retrieval process," Director of Adminstrative Services Stephanie Struecker told The Hawk Eye in an email with the invoice for the request. Back in 2017, The Hawk Ey...

Donald W. Wanatee Sr. regularly spent as many as 100 hours a week away from the Meskwaki Indian Settlement as he tirelessly advocated for Native American people and issues around the country, often sparing his last dollars to get from place to place. When he was home, he took his kids on hikes through the Meskwaki Nations heavily wooded settlement in Tama County, Iowa. He taught them how to grow crops and, being a hobby cartographer, how to navigate forests, said Donnielle J. Wanatee, one...

Donald Wanatee is being remembered as a dedicated advocate for the Meskwaki and for Native people more broadly. The Meskwaki Nation has announced the death of tribal leader and Native American rights activist Donald Wanatee who passed away peacefully at his home Wednesday at the age of 88. Wanatee is being remembered as a dedicated advocate for not only the Meskwaki Nation but for Native people more broadly. According to a statement released by the Meskwaki Nation, during the course of his acti...

The Hawk Eye Des Moines County Sheriff Kevin Glendening had been advocating for legislation creating enhanced penalties or mandatory minimum sentences for repeat gun offenders. "There was some talk of that legislation, but then it was realized pretty quickly up at the Capitol that there was this gun bill that was laying in wait," said Glendening, who is in his first year on the Iowa State Sheriffs and Deputies Association Legislative Committee. The gun bill was House File 756, a constitutional...

AJ Taylor4 hours agoLast Updated: April 9, 2021 The Hancock County Board of Supervisors will meet in two locations on Monday. The first will be in the Supervisors Room of the Hancock County Courthouse in Garner. The second will be in its basement. The board will first discuss postponements of tax sales. Hancock County Treasurer Deb Engstler will ask the board to postpone the sales for at least another month under Iowa Code Chapter 446. COVID-19 and social distancing play a role in the postponem...

Dubuque City Council looks at benefits for a childcare center by demolishing two historic buildings Unmute DUBUQUE, Iowa (KWWL) - The Dream Center in Dubuque has had an expansion project in the works for many years now, and the plan was finally reviewed in Monday nights City Council Meeting. City Council Members discussed buildings 1620 & 1628 White Street undergoing demolition, so the Dream Center can build an outdoor playground area and an access point that meet...