Spencer Dirks

1 week ago | laurabelin.substack.com | Laura Belin |Spencer Dirks

I laughed out loud when I saw Monday morning’s On Iowa Politics newsletter from the Cedar Rapids Gazette in my inbox. Des Moines Bureau Chief Erin Murphy wrote, “I was traveling Friday for a long weekend off. Did I miss anything?” I know the feeling. During my “past life” covering Russian politics, I called in sick one day in March 1998. That morning, President Boris Yeltsin fired his entire cabinet.

2 weeks ago | kniakrls.com | Spencer Dirks

APRIL 9, 2025 IN THE PAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS MARION COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO 42 CALLS FOR SERVICE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: TWELVE EXTRA PATROL REQUESTS, EIGHT PAPER SERVICE ATTEMPTS, FOUR RETURN CALLS, THREE REPORTS OF RECKLESS DRIVERS, TWO INCOMPLETE 911’S, TWO RESCUES, ONE DOMESTIC, ONE REPORT OF A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE, ONE DOG, ONE FOLLOW UP, ONE WANTED PERSON, ONE CIVIL MATTER, ONE REQUEST FOR A VEHICLE UNLOCK, ONE FOUND ITEM, ONE REQUEST TO MEET A PERSON, ONE JUVENILE AND...

2 weeks ago | kniakrls.com | Spencer Dirks

Posted By: Spencer Dirks April 9, 2025 @ 6:45 am Funerals Joseph Roger Donald Scalabrini, 86, passed away at Comfort House Hospice in Pella, Iowa, on April 4, 2025. A graveside interment with full military honors will be held in August of 2025. Service information will be updated once planning is finalized.

2 weeks ago | kniakrls.com | Spencer Dirks

Graveside inurnment of cremains with military rites, for Thomas ChristopherSullivan, 62, of Indianola, Iowa, will be held 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel,Iowa.

2 weeks ago | kniakrls.com | Spencer Dirks

Funeral services for Dr. Ken Harlan age 89, of Melcher-Dallas, will be Friday, April 11th at 11:00am at the Living Word Fellowship Church in Knoxville. Family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 10:00am. Following the service a luncheon will be held at the Jenkins Center.