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Approximately 2,000 customers of the city of Newport’s Water Division public water system were advised to boil water before drinking it as a precautionary measure Sunday as crews worked overnight to repair a water main break underneath West Main Road in Middletown. A bell joint failed on a 24-inch water main on the southbound side […]
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Janine L. Weisman
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7/19/26
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Iowa Down Ballot with Dave Price 7/19/26 by Iowa Writers Collaborative Another busy news Friday leads to another late drop, but Laura and Kathie made it and we’ve got plenty to cover. Read on Substack Big-name headliners rallied the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration and the conservative Family Leadership Summit over the past […]
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Kathie Obradovich
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7/19/26
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A former eastern Iowa pharmacist has been sanctioned by state regulators for a 2022 conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor. Court records indicate that in 2021, Scott County deputies were granted a search warrant for the email account and cellphone of pharmacist Scott Decker of Blue Grass. The warrant was granted after police determined […]
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Clark Kauffman
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7/19/26
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South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden said this weekend that the state “will forever be impacted” by the legacy of businessman and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford. Rhoden issued his comments after First Premier Bank, Premier Bankcard and Sanford Health announced on Saturday that Sanford, age 90, had died. He owned the two companies and became the namesake […]
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South Dakota Searchlight staff
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7/19/26
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THOMASVILLE, Ga. — As Earl Williams drove through a historic Black neighborhood known as Dewey City in his hometown, he hardly recognized what he saw. Homes that once belonged to friends, family, and neighbors had siding covered in mold. Some were boarded up. Others had holes in their roofs. Black churches once used Oquina Creek, […]
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Briah Lumpkins
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7/19/26
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Two Idaho gubernatorial candidates – Democrat Terri Pickens and independent John Stegner – said they would champion a ballot initiative that would end Idaho’s abortion ban if voters approve it at the polls in November’s general election. A gubernatorial candidate from the Constitution Party who legally changed his name to Pro-Life said he would work […]
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Clark Corbin
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7/18/26
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“You have hissed the mystery lecture. In fact, you’ve tasted the whole worm!” If you’ve never heard that sentence before, you’re probably wondering what on earth it means. It was supposedly delivered by the absent-minded Rev. William Archibald Spooner after a student missed his history lecture and wasted the whole term. These accidental mix-ups of sounds, known as […]
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Karen Stollznow
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7/18/26
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A new report suggests Iowa’s agricultural industry is in a multi-year downturn that might not let up for a few more years, and experts are advising farmers to look back to the practices that got them through tough financial times a decade ago to weather the current storm. The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Iowa State […]
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Brooklyn Draisey
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7/17/26
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LAKELAND — Florida’s once thriving citrus industry has declined precipitously over the past two decades, but state agriculture officials believe the downward trajectory may have plateaued, and expressed enthusiasm Friday regarding a federal rule change they say will provide a much needed boost to the struggling sector. U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. […]
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Mitch Perry
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7/17/26
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Advocates are urging Colorado officials to do everything in their legal power to investigate and resolve what they fear is a tuberculosis outbreak at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Aurora. A coalition including health care workers and leaders from statewide organizations — including the American Friends Services Committee, Casa de Paz, the […]
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Sara Wilson
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7/17/26
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