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Northern Star ‘The list is too long’: DeKalb activists hold vigil for victims of police brutality DeKALB – George Floyd, Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo, Ma’Khia Bryant, were only a few of the many lives remembered at Friday’s vigil to remember those who’ve lost their lives to police brutality. “The list is too long,” said Jocelyn Santana, local Black Lives Matter leader and director of social justice education at NIU. “Too long.” Local Black Lives Matter activists and DeKalb residents met at Memorial Park, 101 Lincoln Highway, for a candlelight vigil to mourn the loss of Black...

  The “Back the Blue” bill moving through the Iowa Legislature was a focus of the final legislative briefing with area lawmakers hosted virtually by the Washington Chamber of Commerce Saturday. The legislation contains a series of proposals Republicans say show support for law enforcement during civil unrest including making it illegal for someone to shine lasers in the eyes of officers. The bill also calls for limited immunity for motorists in the event they run into a protestor during a public disturbance, which Zoom participant Bethany Glinsman told State Representative Jarad Klein (R...

The Washington Chamber of Commerce will host its fourth and final legislative briefing of 2021 with area lawmakers this Saturday. The chamber has sponsored one virtual meeting a month since January to provide Washington County residents a public forum to share their views with state lawmakers during the Iowa legislative session. Scheduled to attend are state representatives Jarad Klein (R) of Keota and Joe Mitchell (R) of Mount Pleasant as well as state senators Kevin Kinney (D) of Oxford and Jeff Reichman (R) of Montrose.  The legislative forums are held via Zoom from 10:00 am to noon with ...

Joe Mitchell's Perspective -- April 7, 2021 After a summer of unrest, protest, conversations, and prayer vigils, the trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derrick Chauvin is now underway. The former officer was captured on video where, for more than nine minutes, he appeared to kneel on the neck of a handcuffed George Floyd. Mr. Floyd was taken from the scene unresponsive and would eventually die from the injuries. Knowing this trial would be a trigger, and to maintain a level head, I only watched 20 minutes of Day 1. In those 20 minutes, I witnessed Mr. Floyd’s character be assassina...

Washington Chamber’s March Legislative Briefing Coming Up