Brian Thompson’s death Wednesday ended a meteoric life trajectory which saw a boy nurtured in the rural expanse of Hamilton County rise to the job of chief executive of the one of the nation’s largest insurers. That was punctuated with two brutal shots heard all across America. ...

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of Jamarrion “JJ” Davis. The Iowa Court of Appeals’ decision was filed Wednesday. Davis appealed his conviction after a jury found him guilty in the death of 15-year-old Jameel Redding-Pettigrew in September 2023. ...

ROCKWELL CITY — A Des Moines man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old child in Lohrville in May 2023. Matthew E. Wilson, 20, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse in the third degree in October. On Monday, Chief District Court Judge Adria Kester sentenced ...

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of Jamarrion ‘JJ’ Davis. The decision was filed this morning. Davis appealed his conviction after a jury found him guilty in the death of Jameel Redding-Pettigrew in September 2023. Davis challenged the sufficiency ...

ROCKWELL CITY — To a casual observer, harvest 2024 on Richard Bahls’ farm looked much like it does any year, yet this was no ordinary fall. This was the final harvest before Bahls retires from farming, and he had some excellent help — direct from Germany. “Sascha Boden, who was a ...

Webster County Auditor Doreen Pliner participated in her final Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday. Pliner will retire at the end of the month and will be on vacation during the upcoming December meetings. “I don’t think people realize the amount of work that Doreen does for the county ...