by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 31, 2009 | Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he hasn’t considered backing the idea of federal legislation on grandparents’ rights, but thinks the time may be coming to address the issue. Grassley says cases are becoming more frequent where one of the child’s...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 31, 2009 | Crime & Courts
Three young men from Dubuque are being held for allegedly burglarizing an apartment. At about two A.M. Wednesday, officers were called on the report of some suspicious activity involving people loading items into a vehicle. The car driven by 19-year-old Brandon...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 31, 2009 | Crime & Courts
Two former Dubuque football players arrested in Kentucky will be sent back to Iowa to face bank robbery charges. Twetny-three-year old Travis Strowbridge and 22-year-old Michael Holton are being charged with second-degree robbery for holding up two bank employees who...
by Matt Kelley | Dec 31, 2009 | Weather
After two big blizzards in two weeks, the roofs of at least two businesses in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area collapsed last weekend under the weight of heavy snow and ice. Jeremy Bleeker, a general contractor and certified roof inspector, says Iowa homeowners who are...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 31, 2009 | Politics & Government
Congressman Steve King says he doesn’t know whether he will endorse one of the Republicans who’s running for governor before the June primary. King, a Republican from Kiron in western Iowa, won his seat in congress in 2002. Before that King served in the...