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The UAW is seeking wage increases to keep up with inflation, the ability for workers to use their vacation time when they want rather than during the summer shutdown, better work-life balance, and a higher 401K match. But so far there are no signs of when talks will resume.
The motorcycle theft bears resemblance to an incident that occurred Feb. 15, 2020, at Jim Baier Ford, 5601 Avenue O, in Fort Madison, when four sports cars, including a rare edition 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Daytona Edition valued at $83,200, were stolen — two from inside the dealership and two from the lot. During that incident, the thieves broke out a back window in the service department, found the keys to the vehicles and removed them from the lot. Fort Madison police said that left appeared to be the work of a professional crime ring that has been working in the Midwest and ...
Burlington man arrested for suspected heroin and marijuana A Burlington man was arrested after authorities found multiple drugs on a search warrant. Milton Cleon Davis, 47, was arrested Friday when members of the Southeast Iowa Narcotics Task Force and Burlington Police Department's Problem Oriented Policing Unit (POP) found drugs at a home in the 900 block of North Eighth Street, according to a media release issued by Burlington Police Lt. Wayne Thomson, Criminal Investigations Division. The warrant was executed in reference to a subject who was trafficking large quantities of narcotics ...
Police investigating Friday shooting Burlington police are investigating a domestic-related shooting that sent one person to the hospital Friday. BPD officers responded to a call at 1:26 p.m. for the shooting at 1515 N. Ninth St. On arrival, officers found an individual had suffered a gunshot wound they believe to be non-life-threatening, according to a media release from Lt. Wayne Thomson, commander of the Burlington Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division. A Burlington Fire Department Ambulance crew took the unnamed victim to Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. A w...
Police are investigating a pair of Burlington shootings The Hawk Eye A shooting that took place Monday streets may be related to another shooting that left one man suffering life-threatening injuries. Police began receiving reports at 12:23 p.m. Monday that shots had been fired somewhere near the 2400 block of Flint Hills Drive, where a shooting had occurred the day before. The shots were heard by many in Burlington, however, and numerous reports from multiple locations made it difficult to pinpoint the exact location of where the shooting occurred. Officers responding to the vicinity iden...