by Matt Kelley | Aug 31, 2009 | Crime & Courts
Central Iowa authorities are looking for a hit-and-run driver who killed a bicyclist on Sunday morning southwest of Des Moines near the town of Cumming. The victim is identified as 54-year-old Mark Grgurich of Des Moines. Warren County Sheriff’s Deputy Neil...
by Dar Danielson | Aug 31, 2009 | News
More and more Iowans have cut the cord and gone to wireless phones which means less money from the E-9-1-1 surcharge for Iowa counties. Counties set the surcharged for land-line phones, while the state sets and collects the money from the cellphone surcharge. Barbara...
by Matt Kelley | Aug 31, 2009 | Crime & Courts
Sixteen domestic violence and homeless shelters around Iowa are getting state funding for renovations and new construction. Governor Chet Culver visited the Willis Dady Emergency Shelter in Cedar Rapids today to announce that nearly 10-million dollars in I-JOBS...
by Matt Kelley | Aug 31, 2009 | Health & Medicine
The Iowa Department of Human Services is implementing a new policy for cases of potential child abuse. D.H.S. spokesperson Roger Munns says the agency is assembling a team of medical experts to be on call for consultation to help determine the cause of injuries to...
by O. Kay Henderson | Aug 31, 2009 | News, Politics & Government
Sixteen domestic violence and homeless shelters around Iowa are getting state funding for renovations and new construction. Governor Chet Culver visited the Willis Dady Emergency Shelter in Cedar Rapids today to announce that nearly 10-million dollars in I-JOBS...