Starving cougar revives call for exotic animal ban

Earlier this week investigators found a starving cougar and the remains of four others on a Poweshiek County farm. An Iowa lawmaker’s renewing his effort to ban the ownership of exotic animals. It’s a matter of public safety as well as protecting the...

Lawsuit seeks to removed Cass County officials

A group of Cass County republicans has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove two top county officials from office. In a petition filed Friday in Cass County district court, seven plantiffs allege their fellow Republicans, County Attorney James Barry and Sheriff Larry...

Grape growing takes some time to get going

Iowa’s wine industry has grown from 13 wineries in 2001 to 28 in 2004 as more Iowans look for a niche agriculture market. Mary Holz-Clause of the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center at Iowa State University says there’s room for even more wineries. But...

Cross-state bike ride to end today

Thousands of bicycle riders in the annual expedition across the state will be hitching a ride home today, or leaving the state till next year’s RAGBRAI. Rider Jon Cook was among those who began last Sunday by dipping a wheel in water from the Missouri river. He...

Former Iowans bring movie home

A former eastern Iowa couple, now living in Los Angeles, are back home to show a documentary they’ve made about one of the most mysterious unsolved crimes in Iowa history. Kelly Rundle is originally from the Quad Cities area. Tammy is from Waterloo. Still, Kelly...
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