MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (WOI/KCRG) – A Marshalltown High School teacher is facing charges after police say she stole funds from a teacher’s union. According to court documents, Rachel Nelson-Loupee stole over $10,000 between 2017 and 2024. Nelson-Loupee was the Marshalltown Education Association’s treasurer. She also taught business classes at Marshalltown High School. Nelson-Loupee is charged with first degree theft and embezzlement.
DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) – The Iowa House has sent a bill to Gov. Kim Reynolds’s desk that would do away with divorce court orders to pay a subsidy for higher education. Senate File 513 would bar courts from ordering either party involved in the dissolution of a marriage to pay a postsecondary education subsidy, through a temporary order or final judgment made on or after July 1. The legislation passed out of the House with a vote of 85-6. Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, D-Ames, said she’s seen this bill many times during her tenure as a lawmaker, and current law allowing courts to order payment for postsecondary education is not equitable. Married parents and parents who never married get to have the choice of how their child’s college will be paid for, but right now those going through a divorce have no choice. Floor manager Rep. Steven Holt, R-Denison, agreed with Wessel-Kroeschell in his closing comments, saying it is “not acceptable” that a judge gets to decide if a parent will help pay for college instead of the parents themselves if they’re going through a divorce.
GREENFIELD, Iowa (KCRG) – One person has died, and another person was injured in a stabbing incident in Greenfield over the weekend. Police responded to the 200 block of NE 4th Street for a report of a stabbing at around 12:45 a.m. on Saturday. A man was found dead inside the home, and a second victim had non-life-threatening injuries. Police said they arrested 39-year-old Yudiel Vega-Blanco, who has been charged with First Degree Murder. The names of the victims have not been released. Law enforcement officials said this is an isolated incident, and there is no active threat to the community. The investigation remains ongoing. No additional details have been released.
DES MOINES, Iowa — (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau/KCRG) — If Mike Bousselot had his way, perhaps he would be the next governor of a state that is increasing its size. Bousselot–a Republican state senator from Ankeny who earlier this year proposed that Iowa should buy Minnesota’s southern counties–announced on Monday that he has formed an exploratory committee to run for governor in 2026. Bousselot is the first Republican to take this next step since Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, announced on April 11 she would not seek another term. Bousselot is in his first term in the senate after serving one term in the house. Before getting into office, Bousselot served as Reynolds’ director of the Iowa Department of Management. He also worked as chief of staff to former governor Terry Branstad.
