CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – Donald Trump has scheduled a visit to Iowa – his first as president of the United States. His campaign website says a rally is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. June 1 at the Cedar Rapids Convention Complex. People are invited to register for up to two tickets each.
Trump’s last visit to Iowa occurred in Des Moines during his “Thank You” tour as president-elect in December. Trump won Iowa’s six electoral votes in November.
Jim Field speaks with Lisa Riggs about all things Tivoli Fest coming up this weekend in Elk Horn.
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NEVADA, Iowa (AP) – A former Iowa fire academy administrator has been given two years’ probation for falsifying test scores that were used to improperly certify thousands of firefighters.
Former Fire Services Training Bureau certification manager John McPhee also was sentenced Wednesday in Story County District Court to a suspended prison sentence of five years. He was fined $750 and ordered to serve 100 hours of community service. He had pleaded guilty to felony misconduct in office after making a deal with prosecutors.
McPhee was arrested in January, when the Iowa Department of Public Safety announced that 1,706 firefighters and emergency personnel had been awarded nationally recognized certifications despite failing written exams. The total found eventually reached 2,445. Authorities say McPhee assigned passing scores to exams without checking or correcting them for years.
If you are thinking of camping this Memorial Day weekend, but haven’t reserved a spot at a state park yet, finding one could be tough. Iowa D-N-R spokesperson Julie Sparks. “The best thing I can say is for people to go in and look on our reservation site. If they’ve got a favorite park and want to check it out, you’ll be able to tell right away if there are spots available,” Sparks says.
If you do find a site — it’s likely you won’t have electricity. “Nearly all of the sites that are left open are non-electric sites, our standard non-electric sites. When our window for the holidays open, people are right on it and get those electric sites reserved as soon as they can,” Sparks says.
The window she refers too is a three-month lead time when you can start reserving a site for each holiday. Not every site is reserved ahead of time. She says there are 25 percent or more of the campsites in each park that are walk-in status, that you can try to get. “However, on a special holiday weekend like this, people are coming in a day or two early.”
The weather has been cool this year, but the forecast calls for some warmer weather. Sparks says those who have reserved site way ahead of time adjust to the conditions.
“Iowans are tough and they are willing to brave those cooler temperatures,” Sparks says.
Iowa has more than 47-hundred state park campsites.
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Another Iowa prep offensive lineman for the class of 2018 committed to Iowa State on Wednesday. Dowling Catholic Guard Zach Ross announced that he will continue his football career as a Cyclone.
Ross is 6’3″, 290 pounds, and is rated as a two-star prospect by most recruiting services. Speculation is that Ross could play Center at Iowa State.
Ross is the second in-state lineman to commit to the Cyclones in as many weeks. Creston star Trevor Downing announced his decision to join the Cyclones last week.
Boys Substate Semifinals
Class 1A Substate 7
Des Moines Christian 3, Kuemper Catholic 0
Gilbert 4, Creston 0
Class 1A Substate 8
St. Albert 3, Tri-Center 1
Treynor 2, AHSTW 1 (OT)
Class 2A Substate 1
Spencer 4, Denison-Schleswig 1
Class 2A Substate 8
Winterset 5, Harlan 1
Girls Regular Season
Treynor 5, Riverside 0
Softball
Atlantic 6, Missouri Valley 3
A-D-M, Adel 12, Carroll 2
CAM, Anita 4, Griswold 3
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 10, Denison-Schleswig 9
Glidden-Ralston 12, St. Mary, Storm Lake 0
I-35 7, Lenox 0
Logan-Magnolia 12, Charter Oak-Ute 0 (4 innings)
Melcher-Dallas 12, Orient-Macksburg 0
River Valley 12 Ar-We-Va 4
Shenandoah 19, Essex 5
Stanton 5, Nodaway Valley 1
Winterset 4, Perry 0
Baseball
Atlantic 14, Logan-Magnolia 4
ADM, Adel 6, Earlham 2
CAM, Anita 14, Griswold 2
Denison-Schleswig 14, Carroll 4
Stanton 23, Clarinda Academy 0
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Des Moines Water Works plans to double the size of the nitrate removal facility that treats drinking water from the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers. The Des Moines Register reports the utility’s board this week approved an $800,000 design contract. The utility expects to spend $15 million on the project, and officials say the new equipment and the cost to operate it will require bigger future rate increases.
The utility had sued three northern Iowa counties, accusing them of allowing agricultural drainage districts to send nitrate pollution into the rivers. The lawsuit sought damages for the money the utility has spent to remove the nitrates.
A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit March 17, saying Iowa’s water quality problems were an issue for the Iowa Legislature.
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