DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say that about a dozen people have been charged in a large street brawl in Dubuque. The Telegraph Herald reports that several of the charges were filed in the past few days. Police say fighting broke out on June 21 after someone punched a 17-year-old in the face. The teen, who was involved in another large fight in May, began throwing punches, and others joined the fight. Police say that at one point people began stomping on the 17-year-old while he was on the ground.

Multiple video recordings of the incident were used in the investigation. Six people are charged with participating in a riot, and and another five with unlawful assembly. Several of the suspects are juveniles.

(Radio Iowa) — The state of Iowa collected over half a BILLION dollars more in taxes during the last 12 months than during the previous fiscal year. Fiscal Year 2019 for the State of Iowa ended Sunday. Preliminary figures indicate tax revenue growth was ahead of expectations by nearly 100 million. In total, the State of Iowa took in more than nine-point-three BILLION dollars in taxes and fees during the past 12 months.

Officials say it’s hard to estimate how much of the tax windfall is due to higher wages in Iowa and how much is due to a change in a state income tax deduction. Iowans get a deduction on their state income taxes for federal taxes paid. That deduction has declined because of the tax cuts enacted at the federal level. The phased-in STATE income tax cuts Republican lawmakers approved in 2018 started to take effect in January of this year — halfway through the state’s fiscal year.

The Creston Police Department says there were two arrests Tuesday afternoon. 37-year old Jesse Miller, of Des Moines, was arrested at 130th St/Green Valley Rd. for OWI/2nd offense. Miller was being held in the Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond. And, 18-year old Jade Conley, of Creston, was arrested on the charge of Theft in the 5th degree. Conley was cited and released from custody at the scene, on a Promise to Appear in court.

(Radio Iowa) — A newly constructed assisted living facility in northwest Iowa’s Rock Valley was destroyed by fire Tuesday, just weeks before residents were to move in. Rock Valley Police Chief Monte Warburton says they were called to The River View Ridge Living Center around six a-m. He says the operators were preparing to show it off. “I think they were slated for an open house next week I believe — residents were going to be in here in two weeks,” Warburton says. “Fire broke out on the east side.”

The Rock Valley Police Chief says the building was burning pretty good when he arrived on the scene. “I would guess the flames were probably 50 feet up off the roof. Very intense heat,” Warburton says. Firefighters from four different departments were on the scene for more than four and a half hours. “It took them quite a while for them to get the fire under control, it was a large fire,” Warburton says.

There were no injuries reported and fire investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire.