From the KCRG TV9 Newsroom:
Iowa election officials have certified the 2024 results, officially approving the totals from November. According to the Iowa Secretary of State, 74.1% of registered Iowa voters cast ballots. That’s just more than 1,674,000 people. That is below the record, just barely, of 75.8% turnout in 2020. While Democrats usually vote early and absentee more than Republicans, this year more than 268,000 Iowa Republicans voted early, compared to about 257,000 Democrats. There was an effort from GOP leadership nationally encouraging Republicans to vote early.
A judge sentenced Asante Walker-Garcia-Adams to 100 years in prison after being found guilty of raping two women in 2023. In October, Walker-Garcia-Adams was found guilty of two counts of sexual abuse and two counts of burglary. Investigators say he broke into the apartments of two women, one in Waterloo and one in Cedar Falls, and raped them both. They were strangers to him. He was sentenced to 25 years for each of the four counts. In court, he spoke up, asking to serve all of his sentences together. The judge denied that request.
The Iowa State Patrol says a head-on crash has killed three people in Washington County after a car tried to pass a snowplow. This happened just before 9 Monday morning near Kalona. Troopers say the car crossed the center line and hit an SUV. The drivers of both vehicles died, as well as a passenger in the SUV. A fourth person was also hurt. The Iowa State Patrol has not yet released the names of those involved.
Firefighters responded to rural Dubuque County Monday afternoon for a house fire. The Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office says the call came in at 12:20 in the afternoon on Monday at 15692 Hickory Valley Road. Preliminary investigations show the fire appears to have started near an electrical box on the outside of the home, and does not appear to be suspicious.
