DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man was seriously injured when he accidentally shot himself in the parking lot of a Davenport gun show. Davenport police on Monday told the Quad-City Times the man “had a negligent discharge of his personal firearm while seated in his vehicle” on Sunday at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds. The fairgrounds was hosting the Big Bore Gun Show at the time.

Police would only identify the victim as a 42-year-old man. His injuries were described as “potentially life-threatening” but he had improved by Monday. Loaded weapons aren’t permitted at the fairgrounds, including in the gun show. Police are deciding whether to charge the man for violating the loaded weapon ban.

The City of Harlan Public Works Department will be snow plowing throughout the day today, Tuesday, March 6th. The City is asking for voluntary off-street parking today AND tomorrow to assist the Public Works Department with snow removal. City Administrator Gene Gettys said “The City of Harlan appreciates your cooperation.”

The Iowa Dept. of Transportation reported at 7:17-a.m. today (Tuesday), that Highway 25, about three-miles north of Greenfield, is blocked in both directions, due to a crash.  Additional details are currently not available. Plan an alternate route of transportation. Near Redfield, a rollover accident was reported to have occurred on Highway 44. And, I-80 eastbound through Omaha to I-680 was temporarily closed due to an accident, along with snow and blowing snow restricting visibility.

OSCEOLA, Iowa (AP) — An Osceola businesswoman has announced her Republican candidacy for the U.S. House seat representing Iowa’s 2nd District. Ginny Caligiuri said in her news release Monday that she’ll hold a campaign starting event Thursday in Osceola. She says she’s a “a pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, pro-Israel, and pro-Constitution conservative.” She says that in Congress she’d also focus on religious liberty, veterans services and increasing opportunities for small- and medium-size businesses.

Caligiuri is a former bank vice president who has a history of activism with political prayer and evangelical advocacy groups. Coralville surgeon Christopher Peters announced his GOP candidacy last summer. The incumbent is Democrat Dave Loebsack. The 2nd District covers most of southeastern Iowa.

Governor Kim Reynolds seems to be leaving the door open to a bill that would cut the state income tax on corporations as well as reduce income taxes for individuals. “I feel confident that we’re going to get something done with tax reform this legislative session,” Reynolds says. “This is part of the process. I started with a bill. The Senate has a bill and now the good work starts to take place where we can find consensus and things that we don’t agree on.”

In January, Reynolds used part of her “Condition of the State” message to ask legislators to delay any decision on corporate tax cuts until next year. In mid-February, Reynolds unveiled a bill to gradually cut individual income tax rates by 23 percent. Last week, a House subcommittee endorsed the governor’s plan, while Senate Republicans voted to reduce corporate taxes as well as income taxes for individuals. On Monday, Reynolds was asked by reporters if she was open to the Senate G-O-P’s more expansive list of tax cuts. “I just want to make sure that it’s sustainable and that we can honor our commitments for education and some of our priorities and we’re doing it in a fiscally responsible manner and, within that parameter, we can have a discussion about a lot of things,” Reynolds said.

A three-member state panel meets this Friday to re-evaluate the official projection of state tax revenue for the current year. If the panel INCREASES it prediction of tax collections between now and June 30th, that would reduce or eliminate the legislature’s plan to cut the current year’s state budget to deal with LOWER than expect tax revenue.

(Radio Iowa)