DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – The Board of Directors on the Iowa Finance Authority awarded a near total of $10 million dollars in federal housing tax credits to support the construction of 385 affordable rental homes in Iowa. 11 communities were awarded the funds, including Adel, Audubon, Bondurant, Boone, Carroll, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Grinnell, Hiawatha, Ottumwa, and Winterset. “Housing is foundational to the economic mobility of Iowans and the strength of our communities,” said Iowa Finance Authority Executive Director Debi Durham. “The tax credit awards announced today will provide hundreds of Iowa families and seniors with homes in which they can thrive in urban and rural communities all throughout the state.” The totals awarded to each community are committed annually for a 10-year period.
CLINTON, Iowa (KCRG) – Following an 18-month investigation, Clinton Police have arrested two individuals in relation to a homicide. The homicide occurred in the 800 block of Gateway Ave back in February 2021. A press release at the time of the incident stated that at approximately 10:20 a.m., the Clinton Police Department was called to the Gateway Apartments regarding suspicious activity. Upon arrival, they reportedly discovered evidence leading them to believe a violent crime had occurred in building. Few other details were released at the time. Now police have charged 44-year-old Lewis Vaughn Sr with Murder in the First Degree – Premeditated, and 35-year-old Jessica Vaughn with Abuse of a Corpse – Hide or Bury to Hide Crime.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months. Officials say the highly pathogenic disease was detected in two commercial turkey flocks in western Minnesota’s Meeker County. Tests confirmed the disease Tuesday evening. Officials also report that a small hobby flock of chickens, ducks and geese in Elkhart County, northern Indiana, tested presumptively positive Tuesday. They were the first detections of avian influenza in the Midwest since an infection in Indiana in June. However, there have been several in western states in July and August, plus a few in some eastern states.
LARRABEE, Iowa (AP) — Five workers were injured in the collapse of a building that was under construction in the tiny northwest Iowa community of Larrabee. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office says one member of a construction crew was flown to a hospital with serious injuries after the Tuesday building collapse and another was taken by ambulance to a hospital for more minor injuries. Three workers were treated for minor injuries. The sheriff’s office didn’t release names of those hurt. The Sioux City Journal reported that workers were building a frame for a machine shop when the structure collapsed. Larrabee is a city of 120 people, about 50 miles northeast of Sioux City.
