DES MOINES, Iowa — A state court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former state agency director who claimed Gov. Iowa Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven filed the lawsuit against Reynolds in June 2021, two years after she fired him. Crane said even Foxhoven’s allegations that the governor had committed a financial impropriety did not supersede …
CLEVELAND — Authorities are investigating whether a Roman Catholic diocese in Ohio responded appropriately last November when it learned that a priest for two of its parishes had taken a now-pregnant altar girl to a wedding reception, Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn told The Associated Press. Spokesman Dino Orsatti said a diocesan attorney immediately called the Athens County Sheriff’s Office …