DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A private economic development group in Iowa is refusing to release details about its failed bid to get Des Moines selected as Amazon’s second headquarters.

Greater Des Moines Partnership declined Friday to provide additional information about its efforts to attract the company. Partnership spokesman Sam Hoyle says conversations between the group and Amazon will remain private.

The Associated Press sought records from the Greater Des Moines Partnership in November about the group’s pitch to Amazon. The partnership said it wasn’t subject to Iowa’s public records laws. AP contacted the group again after Amazon rejected Des Moines.

Amazon recently narrowed its list to 20 prospective sites for the $5 billion project that could employ up to 50,000 people. More than 200 municipalities failed to make the cut.

The Cass County Republican Central Committee has set the date and time of the Republican precinct caucuses, the meeting location of each precinct caucus, and the order of business to be conducted. The 2018 Cass County Republican Precinct Caucuses will be held on Monday, February 5, at 7:00 p.m., at the following locations, for each precinct:

The precinct caucuses will perform the following functions:

1. Elect two (2) persons, Republican residents of the precinct, to serve on the County Central Committee.
2. Elect delegates and alternate delegates to the Cass County Republican Convention held on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at 9 a.m. The number of delegates to be elected at each caucus is listed above.
3. Propose and vote on platform planks to send on to County Convention. Please email the Chairman (dlwollaw@metc.net) or call (243-5406) if you would like the County Platform in advance of the Caucus date. 

If you wish to attend and participate in the 2018 Republican party caucuses, then you must be registered to vote as a Republican.  You may register as a Republican at your respective caucus location at the date and time of the caucus, but it is preferable for you to register ahead of time, which can be done at the Cass County Auditor’s Office.  Voter registration forms will be available to register or update your information.

A collision between a car and a semi tractor-trailer this morning (Friday morning) in Dallas County, left one person dead, another injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2015 Lexus GS350 driven by 49-year old Chung C. Lo, of West Des Moines, and a 2006 Kenworth semi driven by 57-year old Douglas Harrison, of Panora, collided head-on as they were traveling on D Avenue, south of Dawson.

The Lexus was traveling north, and the semi was heading southbound, when they collided just north of 150th Street at around 8:50-a.m. Both vehicles came to rest in the east ditch following the crash. Douglas Harrison died at the scene. Chung Lo was transported by Mercy One helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.

Both drivers were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation.

A semi tractor-trailer was involved in an accident Thursday afternoon in Page County. The Sheriff’s Office reports 74-year old William Joseph Davis, of Prescott, was driving a 2001 Kenworth hauling Ag lime in a walking floor trailer, when the rig slid at the intersection of Highway 48 and E Avenue, causing the tractor and trailer to enter the west ditch, where the trailer spilled the load of soil additive onto a field and into the ditch. Davis was not injured during the accident.

Officials say the incident occurred at around 12:38-p.m. northeast of Essex as Davis was making a turn from Highway 48 onto E Avenue. The tractor / trailer combination was owned by Giza Contracting of Creston. The vehicle sustained an estimated $33,000 damage.

No citations were issued due to the road conditions of the melting snow / ice causing the roadway to become water covered ice.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A trial has been scheduled for a Dubuque woman accused of letting her seven children live amid what police say was garbage, rotted food and feces on their home’s floor. Court records say 34-year-old Tiesha Martin pleaded not guilty Tuesday to seven counts of child endangerment. Her trial is set to begin March 19. Thirty-three-year-old Jermaine Watson, who police say is the father of the youngest child, also has pleaded not guilty. Court records don’t yet show a trial date for him.

The records say police and a social worker checking on the children at Martin’s residence Jan. 2 found the squalid conditions and say the children were sharing just one bedroom and bed. Martin has said officers lied about the conditions.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A historic building in downtown Sioux City could be up for sale after a federal judge granted a bank’s request to foreclose on the 12-story structure. The Sioux City Journal reports that a federal judge ruled in favor of Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Bank and Trust’s foreclosure on the Badgerow Building on Jan. 11. The Badgerow Building was built in 1933. It’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its art deco architecture style.

Minnesota-based Lighthouse Management Group has been overseeing the property during the foreclosure case. Sioux City Economic Development Director Marty Dougherty says the building could attract developers looking to create a downtown, mixed-use facility. The bank can now sell the property though a sheriff’s sale or the U.S. Marshals Service, but hasn’t yet taken steps toward requesting the sale.