DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are each headed to Iowa in the coming weeks, making their first trips of the year to the leadoff Republican voting state as the 2024 campaign ramps up. DeSantis has scheduled events on March 10 in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport and the state capital, Des Moines, to promote his new book, “The Courage to be Free.” Trump plans to make his first Iowa trip of the 2024 presidential campaign on March 13, with an education policy speech in Davenport.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Iowa man convicted of killing his parents and sister to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Judge Lars Anderson sentenced 22-year-old Alexander Ken Jackson on Friday after his conviction in January of three counts of first-degree murder in the June 15, 2021, deaths of his father Jan Jackson, mother Melissa Jackson and sister Sabrina Jackson. Officers found them dead from multiple gunshots after Alexander Jackson called 911 and claimed there was an intruder at their Cedar Rapids home who had shot him and his father. Prosecutors claimed Jackson shot his family after his father told him to get a job or move out of the house.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gasoline with higher blends of ethanol could be sold year-round in eight Midwestern states beginning in 2024 under a rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. The proposed rule released Wednesday is a victory for the biofuels industry, which for years has pushed to allow sales of gasoline blended with 15% ethanol during the summer. That move hasn’t been allowed because of concerns that it would worsen smog during hot weather. The industry and members of Congress welcomed the EPA’s proposal, which had been requested by governors in the eight states. Under the proposal, the higher blends could be sold during the summer in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
MUSCATINE, Iowa (KWQC) – Muscatine Police Department was called Friday at 10:45 a.m. to Discovery Park for reports of a body found within the park boundaries. When Muscatine Police arrived, they located the body of a dead man. Along with Muscatine Police, the Muscatine Sheriff’s office and Muscatine County Medical Examiner’s office responded to the report and are a part of the investigation. The identity of the dead man is being withheld pending further verification of his identity and notification to the family.
