Iowa Gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Andy McGuire will address the Cass County Democrats during their monthly meeting this evening (March 20th). The meeting takes place in the Cass County Courthouse basement meeting room, beginning at 7-p.m.  During the meeting, McGuire will discuss her vision for Iowa’s future including her 7-point plan to combat Iowa’s mental health and substance abuse crisis. Dr. McGuire’s candidacy has been endorsed by former Presidential candidate, Howard Dean  and over 40 health care professionals in Iowa.

McGuire was born in Waterloo. She’s the mother of seven children, and raised a family while training to be a doctor. As a medical director, she focused on preventive care, including vaccinations and prenatal checks. You can learn more about Dr. McGuire and her candidacy at www.mcguireforgovernor.com.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Two people have been imprisoned for their roles in Davenport credit union robberies. The Quad-City Times reports that 60-year-old Kevin Denney, of Davenport, and 32-year-old Cynthia Niebuhr-Hartley, of Muscatine, were sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Davenport. The judge gave both 28 months in prison and ordered Denney to pay more than $24,500 in restitution and Niebuhr-Hartley to pay nearly $6,000. Denney’s son, David Denney, also has pleaded guilty to robbery and conspiracy. He’s scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday.

Court documents say various combinations of the three were involved in robbing an Ascentra Credit Union office in August 2016 and a Vibrant Credit Union office in November 2016 and again on March 30 last year.

A traffic stop at around 6:10-p.m. Monday, in Creston, resulted in the arrest of 21-year old Ryan Parmenter, of Creston. Parmenter was taken into custody for Driving While Suspended. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The City Council in Sioux City has approved at least $12 million in assistance for a $56 million project to convert two historic downtown buildings into luxury apartments and a nearly 150-room hotel. Developer Lew Weinberg and St. Louis-based developer Restoration St. Louis plan to turn the former Warrior Hotel and Davidson buildings into a Marriott brand hotel.

The council voted 4-0 Monday for a financial package that includes a partially forgivable $5 million loan, a portion of the city’s share of hotel-motel taxes generated by the facility, property tax incentives, and reduced rates for city ramp parking. Weinberg says he thinks the work will begin this summer.

A traffic stop last Saturday at the intersection of 290th and Quail Avenue, in Taylor County, resulted in the arrest of a man wanted on a nationwide warrant. 35-year old Jacob Lee Rybolt, was arrested on a  warrant out of New Mexico for Embezzlement (over $2500). Rybolt was being held at the Taylor County Jail pending extradition.