Three charged in burning opossum case

Prosecutors in Fort Dodge have arrested three people in a case of apparent animal abuse stemming from a video of opossums being doused with lighter fluid and set on fire. The case came to light after a video of the act was sent to the internet website...

Boswell opposes plan to cut Amtrack funding

Amtrak backers are trying to engineer a deal in Congress to at least maintain funding for the railroad’s operations. The U.S. House is scheduled to discuss the transportation appropriations bill this week, and Congressman Leonard Boswell, a Democrat from Des...

Speed limit won’t go up around big cities

We now know the areas that’re being left out when the law changes Friday allowing the speed limit to bump up to 70 miles-an-hour. Department of Transportation spokesperson Dena Gray-Fisher says the speed limit will not go up to 70 in areas in and around most of...

Warm weather creates record power demand

Mid-American Energy reports it set a new record for power demand earlier this week. The power company’s Allen Urlis says temps soaring into the nineties and high humidity had air conditioners roaring, and kicked in the company’s “Summer Saver”...

Wallace will test, but won’t race in first event at Newton

Rusty Wallace says he won’t take part in the first race at the Iowa Speedway when it opens next summer. The legendary NASCAR driver is retiring from the Nextel Cup Series at the end of the season and designed the track which broke ground last week in Newton....