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SPM NEWS 6.29.21 - 4:32PM Gun deaths have been surging in Iowa as a law is set to go into effect that will allow people to more easily buy handguns and carry them in public without training or a permit. The Iowa Department of Public Health said Tuesday that a record 353 people died from gunshot wounds in Iowa in 2020, a 23% increase from the previous high in 2019. This year saw 85 firearm homicides, an 80% increase. Suicides still made up three of every four gun deaths in the state. A leading gun violence researcher said he expects Iowa’s sweeping handgun deregulation that begins Thursday t...

W. 17th Street Open Again in Dubuque Another Bee Branch Project Phase Wrapping Up The City of Dubuque trench drain installation at West 17th Street, near the bottom of Heeb Street is pretty well wrapped up now, and the street is open to traffic again. West 17th was closed on May 3rd, with a target completion date of July 12th.  Stormwater trench drains were installed as part of the Dubuque Bee Branch Project.  Underground utility work was also completed. The new storm sewer has a vastly greater capacity and is part of an overall effort to reduce flooding problems in the West Locust Street, ...

Iowa Capital Dispatch A fight over a northeast Iowa trout stream threatened by a cattle operation may be heading to court. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources) Critics of a northeast Iowa cattle operation near a high-quality trout stream are considering a court appeal after the state’s top environmental official declined to review her agency’s approval of the feedlot. Supreme Beef wants to raise more than 10,000 cattle in a partially enclosed feedlot near Bloody Run Creek, not far from Monona in Clayton County. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources years ago ...

5/26/2021 Bank Iowa is celebrating nine marketing awards received from the American Marketing Association’s Iowa Chapter, including the People’s Choice Award for its Let’s Make it Happen campaign. Since 2018, the four-person marketing team has been awarded 35 times for excellence in marketing achievement. “These accolades are incredibly humbling,” said Josh Fleming, Bank Iowa’s VP of marketing. “When you have 275 team members that consistently keep marketing’s promises, and a dedicated team of marketing professionals working to make the better lives of our...

Iowa DNR urged to review cattle project which opponents say poses a grave threat to trout stream Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register Water at the center of concerns over 10,000-head cattle feedlot Replay Video UP NEXT Dozens of Iowa residents, lawmakers and environmental groups want the state's natural resources director to review a decision to allow a cattle feedlot near an environmentally sensitive creek in northeast Iowa. Nearly 50 people and groups, including state lawmakers, residents and groups representing environmental, fishing, water quality and outdoor interests, ...