DES MOINES, Iowa — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawsuit over the last Iowa Poll before the election will now be heard in federal court. KCCI reports Trump’s attorneys filed suit against the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer on Tuesday in Polk County. The lawsuit says the Iowa Poll released before the election was an attempt to “influence the outcome of the 2024 election.”

The poll showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by three percentage points. Donald Trump won Iowa by double digits. Attorneys for the Des Moines Register asked to move the case to federal court for several reasons, including the plaintiff and defendants are in different places.

The Des Moines Register has said it stands by its reporting.

DES MOINES, Iowa — House Republicans in Washington, D.C. unveiled a new spending package after the failure of the bipartisan 1,547 paged proposal, Wednesday. The new proposal is just 116 pages and funds the government for three months, suspends the debt ceiling until Jan. 2027, includes a one year farm bill extension and $110 billion for disaster aid and recovery that was in the the proposal that failed on Wednesday. The bill saw the United States House of Representatives floor vote just hours after it was unveiled. The bill was struck down 174-235-1 in a vote.

Iowa 2nd District Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson posted on X, “A picture is worth 1,000 words. I voted to support President Trump’s version of the CR, which keeps the government open, addresses the debt ceiling, extends the Farm Bill, & includes key disaster relief for farmers.” 4th District Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra also posted on X, “Tonight, I stood with President Trump to deliver relief for our farmers, extend the Farm Bill, and fund our troops and border patrol agents.

Congressman Zach Nunn (R) from Iowa’s Third Congressional District and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) from Iowa’s First Congressional District also voted in favor of the failed proposal.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Red Oak Police this (Friday) morning, arrested a woman on a Theft charge. Authorities say deputies were dispatched at around 2:14-a.m. to the Cubby’s Convenience Store in Red Oak, for a reported theft. Upon further investigation, Deputies arrested 35-year-old Holly Irene Gross, of Red Oak, for Theft in the 5th Degree – a simple misdemeanor. Gross was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $300 bond.

(Radio Iowa) – A national study by A-A-R-P looked at where members want to live as they get older. A-A-R-P vice president Rodney Harrell says the numbers are pretty decisive. “The vast majority of people 50 and older, about three quarters, want to stay in their homes or stay in their communities as they age,” he says. Harrell says there’s a concern that the services offered in their communities may not be enough. “Most older adults feel that their communities meet their needs today, but only half of them were confident that that would be the case, that they could stay in their communities as they age, and 44 percent said that they would need to move in the future, or at least they anticipated doing so,” Harrell says. Things like getting a ride to the doctor are a concern, especially in rural areas.

“You don’t have the ability for transportation that’s around. If your mother doesn’t drive, can she get around to those appointments? Does she have the public transportation options, or the non emergency medical transportation, or any of the other options that could be there to help her get to what she needs?,” he says. And he says most homes are built to accommodate younger people and though it may be paid off, it may not be the best situation for mom. “Navigating the home safely and getting around to do what she needs to do. I mean, there’s layers of these challenges that hit each of us,” Harrell says. “So I think all of us need to think about, you know, each piece of our home as we’re thinking about the changes that we need to make to thrive there.” Harrell says the positive thing for those who are getting older is there are lots of resources to help you.

“Go to our A-A-R-P website. We have great assets like our home fit guide that tells you about the room by room approach to look at your home and the types of changes you can make,” he says. ” We’ve got our livability index that tells you about your neighborhood. But also, there are resources in every community that can help.” Harrell says check out those resources and see what you can use to help you stay in your home as you age. He says it’s also a good idea to start looking at those issues as early as you can so you can be ready to make changes to improve you situation.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report two people were arrested Thursday on separate warrants. 29-year-old Jeffery Whitt, of Villisca, was arrested Thursday night in Villisca, on an active Adams County warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Public Intoxication. Whitt was transported to the Adams County Jail and held on a $300 cash bond.

And, at around 5-p.m. Thursday, Montgomery County Deputies arrested 37-year-old Jennifer Holz, of Red Oak, on an active Montgomery County warrant for a probation violation. Holz was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

(Anita, Iowa) – Rescue crews and firefighters from Anita were dispatched to an injury accident early this (Friday) morning, on Interstate 80 westbound in Cass County. The accident happened at around 2:15-a.m. near the 66.5-mile marker, where an SUV was in the ditch. According to reports from the scene, a 34-year old man from Nebraska suffered facial and unknown, other possible injuries when the vehicle he was driving went into the ditch.

He was extricated from the vehicle and transported by Cass EMS to Cass Health in Atlantic. There was no immediate word on his condition. The accident remained under investigation. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Iowa State Patrol were investigating the crash.