From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:
County leaders passed a year-long moratorium 2-1 on data centers in Dubuque County at a special supervisors meeting. The original proposal said this would last about four months. During the moratorium, county staff will research and draft zoning regulations regarding data centers. Earlier this month, the Dubuque County Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended the board of supervisors put a halt on future data center plans until it can get more information. Organizations have considered buying land in Dubuque County to build a data center.
A judge sentenced a Mount Vernon man to up to five years in prison after police say he accidentally shot a 10-year-old boy in the back of the head in Linn County. Court records show Kevin Gouchee pleaded guilty this year to reckless use of a firearm. The shooting happened last July along the Cedar River. The boy was fishing alone behind a row of bushes when Gouchee saw movement and fired at him with a rifle. The child survived.
A judge sentenced a Cedar Rapids man for his role in a crash that killed a motorcyclist in 2024. Earlier this month, Spenser Kann pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle. Police say Kann turned left in front of an oncoming motorcycle in the area of 6th Street and Wilson Avenue Southwest. Nicholas Cox later died. Prosecutors dismissed an OWI charged he originally faced as part of his plea.
There’s now new money available to fight childhood cancers. A bill signed into law yesterday by Gov. Reynolds directs $3 million each year toward research and clinical trials at the University of Iowa. The bill comes after families like the Kaas family spent years pushing lawmakers to support more research funding. Their daughter Devyn was diagnosed with a type of bone marrow cancer when she was just seven months old. Now three years old, she’s been in remission for more than two years. Doctors say the funding could help expand research opportunities and bring more clinical trials to Iowa, reducing the need for families to travel out of state for treatment.
