News headlines for the morning of October 18, 2017
- Deere and Company has won a trademark dispute with a South Dakota company that makes agricultural sprayers. A federal judge in Kentucky has ruled FIMCO, Inc., and its brand of Ag Spray Equipment, cannot use John Deere green and yellow on its products.
- Newly-released campaign finance reports show it will take a lot of money to be the next governor of Illinois.
- A legislative committee studying Iowa's opioid epidemic heard testimony Tuesday about a serious side-effect of increased heroin use in the state. Addicts share needles to shoot heroin, and public health activists say that has contributed to a large increase in Hepatitis C cases in Iowa.
- Trustees of Black Hawk College are looking for two new presidents — not just one. Monday night, the board talked about a timeline for selecting an interim president and a possible longer-term timeline for replacing current president Bettie Truitt, who retires in December.