(Washington, DC) -- U-S Senator Chuck Grassley says the way two government watchdogs were fired is fueling speculation the moves were politically motivated.
Other stories from across the region
(Jefferson City, MO) -- Missouri lawmakers have passed and sent a bill to Governor Mike Person which would expand mail-in and absentee voting.
(Lincoln) -- Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts is urging people who visited the Lake of the Ozarks during the Memorial Day weekend to stay home if they experience COVID-19 symptoms.
(Omaha, NE) -- The Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha is set to reopen to the public.
(Lake of the Ozarks, MO) -- The owner of Backwater Jacks bar at the Lake of the Ozarks says no laws were broken over the holiday weekend.
(Sioux City, IA) -- A 45-year-old Carroll man has entered a not guilty plea to first-degree murder charges.
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is studying the population decline of wild turkeys.
(Plattsmouth, NE) -- A former Plattsmouth High School athletic trainer who provided alcohol to minors is sentenced.
(Jefferson City, MO) -- Missouri’s secretary of state has certified an initiative petition which seeks to put Medicaid expansion before the state’s voters in November.
(Jefferson City, MO) -- Missouri’s new goal is to complete 7500 tests for COVID-19 each day. Governor Mike Parson describes a three-prong approach using box-in outbreaks, sentinel testing and community sampling. Box-in testing involves going to a location where there has been at least one po…
(Des Moines, IA) -- Within 10 days, the majority of businesses and facilities Governor Kim Reynolds ordered to close in March will have been allowed to reopen, under new pandemic-related guidelines. Reynolds says critics of her decisions fail to acknowledge the distress that closures placed …
(Lincoln, NE) -- State health officials reported five additional deaths from COVID-19 in Nebraska yesterday. There are now 143 deaths from the virus in the state, and 11-thousand-425 confirmed cases. The Department of Health and Human Services says 43-percent of hospital beds and 77-percent …
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Memorial Day weekend start to the camping season looked to be dampened like a lot of other things until the announcement that coronavirus restrictions would be lifted early. Department of Natural Resources director, Kayla Lyon, made the announcement at the governor's …
