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Iowa winter weather: Des Moines-area school closings and cancellations Des Moines Register Time-lapse video of the 10 inches of snow that fell during the winter storm on Dec. 29 in Des Moines Replay Video UP NEXT While some central Iowa schools are canceling classes or starting late on Tuesday because of snow, Des Moines Public Schools will hold classes virtually.  Saydel and West Des Moines school districts join DMPS in holding classes virtually.   Meanwhile, the Ankeny, ...

Virgil Truman of Waterloo, formerly of Waucoma, Iowa, died Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at his home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 3

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A Rostraver man was arrested Thursday, charged with trying to touch an officer with a bloody bandage while being dropped off at the Westmoreland County Prison last month, according to court papers. Thomas Welch, 58, whose last known address is in Van Meter, is charged with aggravated harassment by a prisoner and reckless endangerment. Welch was taken to the Hempfield jail on Dec...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Oregon Department of Justice Settles Harassment Claims Against Two of Its Top Attorneys The settlement lands nearly six months after Heather Van Meter filed a tort claim in June of 2020. Multnomah County Courthouse. (Motoya Nakamura / Multnomah County) Updated January 20 The Oregon Department of Justice reached a settlement J...

By Gordon Byrd Jan 11, 2021 TAMPA -- COVID-19 Vaccine rollouts have not been without problems in Florida and elsewhere.. but Tampa Democratic congresswoman Kathy Castor insists things will be different when Joe Biden is sworn in as President next week. Castor told reporters in a Zoom meeting that the Biden transition team intends to release as many doses of COVID-19 vaccine as possible. The Trump administration, she says, had held back half of all supplies of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for t...

Castor says feds will provide support to local testing sites... says wait for specifics

Castor says feds will provide support to local testing sites... says wait for specifics

Castor says feds will provide support to local testing sites... says wait for specifics

  The Trojans are currently in the midst of a four-game losing streak with losses to Des Moines Christian, Woodward-Granger, Van Meter, and Albia. Their offense continues to struggle as they have failed to put up 50 points or more in three of their last four games. Their last 50-point performance was a 56-51 loss at Woodward-Granger last Tuesday.   Pleasantville is also looking for their first win of 2021, with their last win being December 17 against West Central Valley. In that game, the Tr...

I kept insanely quiet, for my own experience left me shaken. You are mighty quiet agreed my friends, both of them Kates. I hesitated to share my story, of when I was almost taken. I was eight at the time, so it has been fifty-nine years. This in no way dispels my qualms or my fears. It was an August Iowa night, with moon on the corn. When a man-shaped bat like creature appeared, all forlorn. I was instantly paralyzed with fright, seeing his abnormal light. It came out of his head, and it lit up...