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SOLON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified two people killed in an eastern Iowa collision. The crash occurred around 8:30 p.m. Thursday on Iowa Highway 1, just south of Solon in Johnson County. The Courier cites the Iowa State Patrol in reporting that 30-year-old Tori Sabin Smith, of Mediapolis, was driving a minivan southbound on Highway 1 when she crossed the center line and hit a northbound car driven by 50-year-old Kirk Flom, of Solon. Smith and Flom were both pronounced dead at the scene.
NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — DuPont has agreed to repay Iowa $10.5 million in incentives it received. The news of the settlement come a year after the company announced it was seeking a buyer for its 30-million gallon, $400 million cellulosic ethanol plant in central Iowa. he Des Moines Register reports that the settlement repays all but about $3.7 million it received in incentives in 2011 for the plant in Nevada, Iowa.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Supreme Court Justice Daryl Hecht, who has been receiving treatment for skin cancer, has announced he will resign from the high court. The court made the announcement in a news release Friday. Hecht’s resignation is effective Dec. 13. Hecht resumed hearing cases for the latest term that began Sept. 4 after being absent several months as he sought treatment. But he was unable to sit for oral arguments held Nov. 13-14 due to side effects of the treatment.