From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:
The Republican Party says the president is coming to Dubuque the weekend before the election. Last night, the President was in Sioux City to support gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn, U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Hinson, and other Republican candidates including those running for Congress. The President’s trip to Dubuque is scheduled for November 1 but the exact location has not been announced yet.
Google faced the public last night to lay out its plans for a data center planned near the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant near Palo. The company is looking for the City to annex more than 600 acres of land from Linn County to make the deal possible after the County enacted stricter regulations. Plans are for a massive six building campus with construction starting in the next six months and the first phase opened by mid-2028. The public has expressed concerns about energy and water consumption, noise pollution, and other issues.
A former North Liberty volleyball club coach used club money on his apartment rent, personal Amazon expenses and for cash. A search warrant says Casey Hauan funneled money from the volleyball account into his personal business accounts. It alleges Hauan misspent enough of Iowa Vibe Volleyball’s money to qualify as a Class C Felony. The warrant also says before these criminal charges were filed, he faced a number of civil cases tied to debt collectors and other financial disputes totaling more than $20,000 in personal expenses.
And Linn County says eight winning names were selected in its annual snowplow naming contest. There were more than 200 names submitted by residents, with 44-finalists picked, and residents narrowed it down to eight. The eight plows are named Dolly Plowton, Clearopathra, Scoop Dogg, Ctrl/Salt/Del, SnobiWanKenobi, PlowingForDake, Scoopy Doo, and Fast & Flurrious. The County says you can track the plows on their routes on the Linn County snow routes tracker web site this winter.
