From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:
Dante Irvin says he can never undo what happened but promises to be a better person. He made the statements late yesterday afternoon in Linn County Court as a judge prepares to sentence him to first degree murder as a youthful offender in the 2023 death of 16-year-old Michael McCune. McCune’s family also talked of their loss with his brother saying it was gut-wrenching to hear of the fatal shooting. A police department investigator testified Irvin fired shots at “point blank range,” killing McCune. The three others convicted in connection to McCune’s death are all serving between 32 and 60 years. The judge says he will formally sentence Irvin next week. He faces a life sentence with eligibility for parole because the crime happened when he was a juvenile.
A Marion financial planner was sentenced to three months in federal prison for failing to file income tax returns for eight years, after failing to do so for seven years earlier. Matthew Westberry had pleaded guilty last July to two counts of failure to file a tax return. In a plea agreement, Westberry admitted that he did not file a tax return from 2006 to 2012. Federal court documents show he did not pay the income tax he owed for 2008 through 2013, and he did not file a tax return for any year between 2014 and 2021. During those years, Westberry should have paid more than a quarter million dollars in taxes after earning a gross income of nearly $1,500,000 from his work as a financial planner.
Nearly 100 employees are returning to work at two Deere factories in Iowa–24 will return to the Dubuque plant with another 75 employees being brought back in Davenport. The company said it’s bringing them back because of increased production demand and ongoing factory needs. Those workers are set to start work next month.
There’s been a new case of avian flu reported in Iowa. It was found in a game bird sanctuary in Kossuth County that includes pheasants, quail and chukars. This is Iowa’s second detection of avian influenza. The other also involved game birds in Kossuth County. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship strongly recommends Iowa poultry producers and backyard flock owners continue following biosecurity practices and protocols to protect their flocks.
