Louie Zumbach said he wanted to run for the Linn County Board of Supervisors years ago, but was persuaded to try for a seat in the Iowa House instead.
“The House was never on my radar,” he said. “But one day, I was pushing snow and my phone rang. It was Speaker (Linda) Upmeyer and she asked me to run for District 95.”
Zumbach went on to serve two terms in the House, from 2017 to 2019, as the Republican representative for District 95, which includes his home in Coggon, before running last year for county supervisor. He has also has served on the county’s planning and zoning board including as its chair, and was president of the county fair board.
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season in much of north america are causing farmers to become much more cautious about making major purchases. john deere announced this morning that in its ag and turf products side of the company, they re going to be cutting, in terms of actual production, because they do not expect their ability over the next year as this trade war looms on, their ability to make those major purchases. we stopped by a couple of suppliers. places that sell those deeres and said they re not seeing farmers come in at the same rate. i talked to john greist in prairieburg, iowa, he hasn t bought new equipment since 2015 and has no intentions to until he s able to get the cash flow. the president s announcement on usmca, eliminating tariffs on steel and aluminum from canada and mexico is welcomed news to companies like john deere because now that brings down the cost of steel production. there s still major other concerns as this trade war with china continues. kristen?
she entered the intersection on a green light. this is an unfortunate accident and venus expresses her deepest condolences to the family who lost a loved one. and tom, in the report, police do not believe venus williams was distracted or even under the influence of alcohol, so tonight, no citations and no charges for williams, but police are still investigating. tom? gio, thank you. next to the severe weather watch at this hour. thunderstorms on the move tonight. 15 million people in their path. it comes after a night of violent storms. more than two dozen reported tornadoes. this one, in prairieburg, iowa. abc s alex perez is in wisconsin. reporter: tonight, millions watching the skies. severe weather on the move after a wild 24 hours. overnight, a tornado outbreak spanning four states. spawning at least 27 reported tornados. in iowa, the funnel clouds started touching down around dinner time. including a powerful ef-2 captured at the linn county fair. get over here!