A northeast Iowa nursing home has been added to a federal list tracking the country’s worst care facilities. Northgate Care Center in Waukon was added to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ list of candidates for special focus status. That designation is reserved for homes with a history of serious problems in resident care, …
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A Tennessee woman took to Reddit to ask for advice, saying her mother gradually emptied her younger brother’s inheritance from a joint bank account. There was roughly $9,000 of what she believes should have been close to $250,000 remaining. She laid out the situation in a post on the r/legaladvice forum, asking what options her …
A Cape Coral, Florida, homeowner is looking to challenge roughly $2,000 in city code fines tied to anti-Trump signs in their yard. The signs drew complaints from neighbors and prompted code enforcement to step in, according to Gulf Coast News. Code officers eventually removed the signs. One neighbor who complained said the signs were placed …
A fast-growing privacy plant has turned into a property-line fight in Edison, New Jersey, where homeowners say running bamboo is spreading into yards that never planted it. News 12 New Jersey reported that 25 Edison homeowners have filed complaints with the township about neighbors allowing bamboo to invade their properties. The complaints follow a 2025 …
A Vancouver, British Columbia, resident found a full-grown African serval hissing under their porch on Sunday night and called the Vancouver Police Department. Police and provincial conservation officers responded, and they eventually returned the wild cat to its owners. The VPD shared photos and a video of the serval the next day. The home was …
An 18-year-old in Memphis is facing felony robbery charges after two men he allegedly tried to rob at gunpoint fought back and held him until police arrived, according to Fox13 Memphis. It happened at a home in the Highland Heights neighborhood. Police say the gun he was carrying turned out to be a BB gun. …
Some Virginia homeowners are now under mandatory water restrictions that reach straight into the yard, garden, driveway, and pool. Louisa County Water Authority issued the restrictions for customers on its Green Springs/Zion Crossroads and New Bridge/Lake Anna well systems after months of dry conditions lowered well levels below normal for this time of year. 29News …
A homeowner in Greensboro, North Carolina, finally has her driveway and carport finished, more than a year after the work should have been done, according to WFMY News 2. Lisa Stamer hired a contractor for what was supposed to be a $25,000 to $30,000 job. The work began on schedule, then stalled for months without …
A homeowner in Huntersville, North Carolina, is facing charges after police responded to a late-night party on Devonshire Drive and found more than 100 teenagers drinking inside. Carla Rochelle Reaves, 54, was arrested at the scene. Officers went on to issue roughly 40 more citations for underage drinking. According to WSOC-TV, the call came in …
A Casselberry, Florida, woman who was facing fines over the four hens in her backyard has convinced the city to take another look at the rule itself. On Monday, commissioners voted unanimously to pause enforcement and have staff draft an ordinance that could make backyard chickens legal. In the meantime, the birds get to stay …