Iowa Governor Hosts Harvest Festival with Texas Governor as Guest 2024-10-07

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds held her annual Harvest Festival event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, with Texas Governor Greg Abbott as the special guest. Abbott spoke about Operation Lone Star, which deployed the Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety to the southern border. Reynolds invited Abbott to give a 'real, raw account of the mess Kamala Harris has made at southern border.' Multiple Iowa state legislators and federal Republican delegation members, including Senator Erni, Congressman Nunn, Congresswoman Hinson, and Congresswoman Miller-Meeks, attended the event.

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Water Buffalo Roams Iowa Suburb Before Being Captured 2024-10-06

The owner of a water buffalo that ran loose in a Des Moines, Iowa, suburb for days pleaded guilty for having an animal at large. The owner was fined $105 and court costs. The water buffalo, named PHill by fans, escaped while the owner was taking it to slaughter. Police spent days searching for it as it roamed the town of Pleasant Hill. The animal was eventually tranquilized with help from zoo and animal rescue workers, and the former owner gave custody of PHill and two other water buffaloes to an animal shelter. PHill is recovering well from an infected gunshot wound sustained when police tried to capture it.

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Iowa National Guard Deployed to Texas Border 2024-10-07

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the Iowa National Guard and state law enforcement officers Iowa's governor deployed to the southern border earlier this year denied illegal entry to countless migrants. Reynolds has deployed Iowa State Troopers, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agents and the Iowa National Guard to Texas on three occasions, starting in 2021.