Iowa AG Supports Tougher Penalties for Assaulting Police, Declines to Condemn January 6 Pardons 2024-12-13Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird will again ask the Iowa legislature to increase state penalties for assaulting law enforcement officers, but she did not condemn the idea of pardoning those who assaulted police during the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Bird served as former Governor Terry Branstad's legal counsel and was the highest-ranking state official to endorse Trump's 2024 presidential campaign before the Iowa caucuses. Trump has repeatedly promised to pardon his supporters who were charged in connection with his attempt to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. The Seedy History of Pinball in Iowa 2024-12-13Pinball has a checkered history, with many major cities banning the game from the 1930s through the mid-'70s due to its association with organized crime and gambling. In Iowa, the Des Moines area was home to 'Cockeyed Louie' Fratto, a member of the Chicago mob who managed several establishments that provided pinball and gambling. While pinball has shed much of its stigma, some parents still view it with suspicion. The article highlights three of the best places in the Des Moines area to play pinball today, including Up-Down, Monsterama, and Operating Room. Former Woodward Resource Center Employee Charged with Assaulting Patient 2024-12-12A nationwide arrest warrant has been issued for a former Woodward Resource Center employee for allegedly giving a patient what the local police chief described as 'a 15 minute a-- kicking' in August. The Woodward Police Department filed charges against four employees of the state-run facility that provides care to Iowans with severe disabilities in Dallas County. Police reviewed security video of contract employee Mercedes Denise Wilson allegedly abusing a patient and three employees who allegedly ignored the act. |
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Des Moines, Iowa. 
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