2020 Presidential candidate Kamala Harris will campaign in Western and Central Iowa May 23rd and 24th. On Thursday, May 23rd the Democrat Junior Senator from California will hold events in Sioux City, including a public town hall. On Friday, May 24th, Harris will campaign in Council Bluffs and Des Moines. The appearances mark Harris’ fourth trip to Iowa since announcing her candidacy for president of the United States.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)

Members of the public interested in attending the Thursday town hall in Sioux City should reserve their seat here: https://www.mobilize.us/kamalaforia/event/93080/

Harris will discuss her proposal to give the average Iowa teacher a $12,200 raise by the end of her first term, her plans to combat climate change and to address the student debt crisis, among others. This trip will be another opportunity for Iowans to hear directly from Harris about her vision for America and ask her questions about important issues.

Additional details about her visits to Council Bluffs and Des Moines will be released soon.

Officials with the Creston Police Department report two separate arrests took place Thursday. At around 7:35-p.m., 19-year old Conner Sobotka Callison, of Creston, was arrested at his residence, on a Clarke Co. Warrant for Failure to Appear on the charge of Simple Assault. Callison was transferred to Clarke County authorities. And, at around 1:20-p.m., 24-year old Jessica Marie Larkin, whose address is unknown, was arrested on a Trepass charge. Larkin was released on a promise to appear in court.

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who won a $2 million Powerball prize says the money will cushion his retirement, update his house and provide a boat for his father. Rob Maser claimed his winnings Thursday from Wednesday night’s drawing. The ticket he bought at a Kum & Go on 156th Street in Urbandale matched the first five numbers drawn but missed the Powerball number and a chance of winning the $250.3 million jackpot. Maser also purchased the Power Play option, which multiplied the normal $1 million prize to $2 million.

He says he won’t be quitting his job at an automotive dealership but will be fulfilling the promise he made to his father if he ever won big: the boat. Wednesday’s winning numbers were 7, 17, 33, 61, 68 and Powerball 4.

GUTHRIE CENTER, Iowa (AP) — A central Iowa woman whose 11-month-old son drowned in a bathtub has been sent to prison. Guthrie County District Court records say 25-year-old Seaira Briceno was sentenced Monday to 15 years. She’d pleaded guilty to child endangerment and manslaughter. Those sentences are to be served after her sentences for drunken driving and two counts of child endangerment in Marshall County.

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says Briceno’s baby drowned Aug. 10 when she left him and his 2-year-old brother in the tub at their Bagley home. Briceno told investigators she left the boys for about five minutes, but deputies believe the children were left alone longer.

No injuries were reported after a semi tractor-trailer hauling a load of cardboard boxes caught fire on Interstate 80 during the mid-afternoon hours, Thursday. Officials closed both westbound lanes of I-80 between Neola and Underwood for a couple of hours while the fully engulfed semi was being extinguished and the mess cleaned-up. There’s been no word on how the blaze started. 

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