From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:
President Trump will not be coming to Dubuque this weekend. The Republican National Committee announced the rally at the Five Flags Center is cancelled. Instead, the RNC says President Trump will hold tele-rallies. Besides the Iowa rally, the RNC says the President also cancelled a rally planned for Kansas Saturday.
Federal election monitors are expected in Iowa Tuesday. Linn County Auditor Todd Taylor says he’s still waiting to hear whether the Justice Department plans to send anyone to Linn County. But he says any monitors who come must have credentials and they cannot interfere with voters. Tens of thousands of voters have already returned their mail-in ballots, and anyone still holding onto one has just days left to drop it off. If you’re mailing your ballot, it must arrive at the county auditor’s office by 8 p.m. Tuesday night–a Tuesday postmark no longer will be accepted if the ballot arrives later than that.
A second man is facing a murder charge 31 years after a woman’s death. The Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office says Lindell Jackson of Waterloo was charged yesterday. Hunters discovered Angela Buck’s body near a creek in Black Hawk County in August 1995. He is the second man facing a first-degree murder charge related to Buck’s death from a gunshot wound. Authorities arrested Kelly Grant, the first man, two weeks ago in Minnesota. Authorities say Jackson’s and Grant’s stories have changed several times in interviews in the decades since her death.
Quaker Oats parent company says it still doesn’t know the extent of damage following last weekend’s fire. Pepsico says a damage assessment is on-going and that it’s still working to get Quaker Oats fully operational. The explosion and fire Saturday afternoon forced workers to evacuate the buildings.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was in Iowa again to address maternal health yesterday. He made a stop in Des Moines where proposed updating Food and Drug Administration standards for baby formula nutrient levels. It would be the first review in 30 years. The biggest announcement was a pledge to spend a half billion dollars to support home-visit programs. His visit comes as Iowa faces a major OB-GYN shortage. More than half of Iowa counties don’t have an obstetric facility.
