Author: Nick Green

IOWA – According to the statement, the new requirement affects only employees that work at Dubuque, Dyersville, Clinton, Sioux City, Mason City and associated clinics which operate as members with Trinity Health. Officials say that the requirement does not apply to the Waterloo, Oelwein or Iowa City locations. It’s because they operate with a different network or ownership. The mandate comes from the hospitals’ parent company, Trinity Health, which employs more than 117,000 employees in 22 states. Trinity Health estimates 75 percent of its employees have already received at least one vaccine dose. Employees will be required to submit proof…

IOWA – According to the police officials, his name is Adam Eugene Edgington and his body was found Thursday night in his car parked in a field. His death came a day after he was arrested and charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee. The 42-year-old teacher from Marshalltown was accused of kissing, hugging, holding hands with and fondling the student several times within the last school year. The 13-year-old student was in one of his classes. This incident is under investigation. This story will be updated when new information is available.

Davenport, IA – According to the police officials, Derek Alan Miller; Joseph Noel Villalpando and Aryan Sue Snoddy are charged in connection with the burglary and robbery. The robbery charge is a Class B felony that carries an automatic 25-year prison sentence, 70%, or 17 ½ years, of which must be served before parole can be granted. All three are charged with conspiracy to commit a forcible felony, a Class C felony that carries a prison sentence of 10 years. All three suspects were booked into the Scott County Jail. Each suspect has a preliminary hearing scheduled for July 20…

Davenport, IA – According to the court documents, her name is Treshonda Pollion and she was sentenced Friday for voluntary manslaughter in the death of Eloise Chairs. The 25-year-old woman was originally charged with first-degree murder in Chairs’ death. According to the court documents, the deal included a mandatory 10-year sentence. About the incident – the two women got into a fight in October after Chairs had argued with others over a card game. Pollion fired a shot during the confrontation, hitting Chairs. This story will be updated when new information is available.

Customers at a bar and grill were left baffled after they witnessed a mother allegedly leaving her baby in the care of strangers she had only just met. But that wasn’t even the worst part, believe it or not. Authorities say the woman returned hours later completely wasted. Seeing the drunken state she was in, the people who had been watching the child refused to hand her the baby fearing that he may be harmed due to her recklessness. Officers arrested the woman and charged her with public intoxication and for providing false information to law enforcement officers. Cops arrived…

A heart-wrenching moment was captured on video after a 6-year-old girl was found terrified in the front seat of her kidnapper’s car. Right before being abducted, the little girl was riding her bike outside her home on July 2. At around 5:40 pm, a 40-year-old man drove through and saw the girl on her bike, riding down the street. Witnesses in the area saw the man yanking the child off her bicycle and putting her inside his red sedan. “I was looking down the road, (and) a car came around the corner from the stop sign, parked in the middle…

IOWA – According to the police officials, her name is Miranda Richmann and she attempted transactions using a school procurement card with Xoom, PayPal, Wells Fargo Bank, Western Union Bank, Target, Serve Credit Union, Venmo, Sam’s Club and Walmart. The unauthorized transactions added up to more than $115,000. According to the statement, these cards were intended for employees to use for supplies and services for work purposes only. Police say the 25-year-old woman signed an agreement not to use the cards for personal purposes in March. The transactions occurred in June. She admitted to making unauthorized transactions, including attempting to withdraw…

IOWA – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots. The CDC is not advising schools to require shots for teachers and vaccine-eligible kids. CDC it’s not offering guidance on how teachers can know which students are vaccinated or how parents will know which teachers are immunized. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that schools should continue to space kids — and their desks — 3 feet apart in classrooms. Tthe agency emphasized that spacing should not be…