By Jason Taylor
May 14, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa - State Auditor Rob Sand is investigating “potential overpayments” to election workers in eastern Iowa.
Sand says former Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz may have misused federal money to boost worker pay during a primary election in 2020.
Moritz told the Quad-Cities Times that she made a mistake and thought she had the authority to increase pay as a way to attract more poll workers.
She resigned her position last month.
Sand says the payments could amount to a misuse of Help America Vote Act funds. That money is made available through the Iowa Secretary of State Office, which is assisting with the investigation.
Man arrested for allegedly pistol-whipping, shooting at woman
The incident occurred at 11:01 a.m. at an apartment building at 3348 Heatherton Drive.
Roylee Richardson Jr., of Davenport, is charged with intimidation with a dangerous weapon, a Class C felony under Iowa law that carries a prison sentence of 10 years.
Richardson also is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, a Class D felony that carries a prison sentence of five years.
He also is charged with assault causing bodily injury and possession of a controlled substance-crack cocaine-first offense. Both of those charges are serious misdemeanors that carry a jail sentence of up to one year.
Man faces multiple charges after high-speed chase
Milan, Illinois (Quad Cities Times) A Milan, Ill., man was arrested early Thursday after leading police on a high-speed chase and then attempting to flee on foot, according to a press release from the Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office.
The release says that James A. Taets Jr. of Milan was taken into custody and he is charged with a number of crimes, including felony eluding and possession of an incendiary/explosive device. He is being held in the Muscatine County Jail under a $13,300 cash only bond.
At about 2:15 a.m. Thursday, a deputy attempted to make a traffic stop near Highways 38 and 61 on a vehicle that had no license plates. The vehicle did not yield to the officer and attempted to flee, increasing speed greatly. It is reported the vehicle reached speeds of up to 95MPH in a 45 MPH zone on Highway 61 before turning south on Isett and travelling south in the northbound lane with speeds reaching 70 MPH in a 25 MPH
First patient in Iowa to have robot-assisted surgery has good results
Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities Times) Carolyn Richardson didn’t know she’d be making history Monday morning.
Richardson, 57, was the first patient in the Quad-Cities to receive orthopedic robot-assisted surgery using the Stryker Mako SmartTechnology TM system the first time such advanced technology has been used in the area for partial and total joint replacements. The robot-assisted surgery is revolutionary in terms of minimally invasive incisions and recovery time.
Two of the Mako robotic systems were purchased by UnityPoint Health-Trinity and Mississippi Valley Surgery Center to be used at the Bettendorf hospital and the MVSC, 3400 Dexter Court, Davenport.