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AJ TaylorDecember 31, 2020Last Updated: February 28, 2021 Andrew Joyce of Emmetsburg, was charged with one count of Ongoing Criminal Conduct (B Felony), one count of Theft 1st Degree (Class C Felony), one count of Theft 2nd Degree (Class D Felony), and one count of Failure to Trust Preneed Funeral Services (Class D Felony) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. The charges against Joyce stem from an investigation which began in 2019. According to criminal co...

December 31, 2020 Emmetsburg, Iowa — A northwest Iowa funeral director faces multiple felony charges following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. According to the Iowa Insurance Bureau, 46-year-old Andrew Joyce, of Emmetsburg is charged with one count of Ongoing Criminal Conduct (Class B Felony), one count of Theft 1st Degree (Class C Felony), one count of Theft 2nd Degree (Class D Felony), and one count of Failure to Trust Preneed Funeral Services (Class D Felo...

Chance Kness In this May file photo, visitors to the Lyons Farmer’s Market wear masks and stay distanced to avoid the spread of coronavirus. Tanner Loots of the Clinton Street Department directs traffic on North Third Street in Clinton on Aug. 13 while a street crew from Dubuque helps Clinton Street Department pick up storm debris. Clinton sustained heavy damage as a result of the Aug. 10 derecho that swept over the state. Clinton Herald file photo CLINTON — Chance Kness has served as...

Three environmental groups are calling on MidAmerican Energy to retire its coal-fired power plants, in order to save ratepayers millions of dollars. The organizations are making their case to the Iowa Utilities Board, which is considering the company's latest emissions plan.

City names municipal electric task force Monday, December 21, 2020 6:00 PM The Decorah Sustainability Commission is charged, in part, with helping the City of Decorah implement its Sustainability Plan, which was approved and adopted by the City Council in February 2020. One of the action items in the Plan called for the establishment of this municipal electric utility task force.  The Commission voted to recommend the names of task force members at a special meeting of the Commiss...

Miller-Meeks says "every legal ballot was counted" in the race. But Hart believes voters deserve a full hand recount to consider the nearly 400,000 ballots cast in the race for voters intent. While some of the districts precincts were recounted by hand in late November, many werent. Iowa Code leaves such decisions to the 24 county recount boards, which are comprised of two members nominated from each campaign and a third member mutually agreed upon by the other two. Both campaigns have comp...

Gov. Reynolds signs new proclamation opening more businesses throughout Iowa DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the Public Health Disaster Emergency. The proclamation permits salons, barbershops, and massage and tattoo establishments to reopen throughout Iowa in a limited fashion with appropriate public health measures in place. It also permits restaurants (but not bars), fitness centers, libraries, and race tracks to reopen in the 22 counties where they have ...

On Nov. 13, Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks was seated in the U.S. Capitols Visitor Center Congressional Auditorium listening to a panel on hiring staff, a duty that the new representative of Iowas 2nd District will need to become familiar with as retiring Rep. Dave Loebsack prepares to leave office. In a CSPAN video of the presentation, Miller-Meeks in a cerulean blazer is in the center of the audience leaned forward, writing in the margin of a handout. "I took copious notes and then we g...

Dec 12, 2020 Dec 12, 2020 Iowas 2nd Congressional District 2020 election tally was counted twice and the victor was the same in both counts. This congressional race will live in history for its certified and amazingly slim 6-vote differential. It was a very methodical and legitimate ballot count, which is to be expected from our honorable state. Now Rita Hart wants to sully the name of Iowa, Iowas governor and secretary of state, 24 county auditors and their staffs, and thousands of...