From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:
Cedar Rapids police officers are investigating a body found after a shooting yesterday morning. It occurred at Cedar Terrace mobile home park off 16th Avenue on the Southwest side of Cedar Rapids. No other information has yet been released, and no word of any arrests.
Two Iowa City residents are now facing 30 counts of animal torture and neglect, after authorities seized 32 dogs–some dead–from their property in July. Rhoda Gorvin and Antonio Polland are accused of operating as unlicensed breeders. According to a criminal complaint, dozens of dogs were kept in unsanitary conditions without food or water. On July 2nd, authorities seized 32 live and dead dogs; all were severely underweight. Several dogs had to be euthanized because of severe malnourishment.
Cedar Valley Humane Society in Cedar Rapids is beginning a new chapter under a new name. It will now be called the Allsop Family Humane Society. The rebrand comes alongside the grand opening of an expanded and renovated campus on Mount Vernon Road.
A judge has denied a former Dubuque Senior High School football coach’s appeal over his sentencing. He’s serving 10 years in prison for stealing more than $47,000 from a local football league. Darrell Moore, who previously served as president of the Dubuque Independent Football League, pleaded guilty to first-degree theft. His plea agreement recommended two years probation through a deferred judgment. But the judge rejected that deal. New court documents say a judge will not reconsider the sentencing, noting the number of times Moore stole money from minors’ accounts for his personal gain.
A new Cook Political Report is calling the Iowa race for the U.S. Senate seat a ‘toss up’. Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek are both vying for Republican Joni Ernst’s seat; Ernst announced she was not running for re-election. A previous Cook Report said this race leaned Republican. Polls from various sources this summer have shown a close race, all within the margin of error. The Cook Report also says the race for Iowa’s Governor is leaning Democrat, with Rob Sand taking the lead over Republican Zach Lahn. Recent New York Times, Fox News, and Emerson College Polls all show Sand leading Lahn.
