by Todd Kimm | Apr 30, 2010 | Sports
Simpson will try to lock up the Iowa Conference regular season softball title at home on Saturday with a double header against Wartburg. The Storm are 12-2 in the league race and own a half game lead over second place Luther. Simpson has won 21 of its last 23 games...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 30, 2010 | Politics & Government
The U.S. House Agriculture committee held a hearing today on the 2012 farm bill at the Iowa State Fair. Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell, a Democrat from Des Moines, is on the ag committee and says it’s important to begin work on the issue early as there are a...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 30, 2010 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
Congressman Steve King says he’s “glad and relieved” the governor of Arizona signed the law which establishes strict new rules for immigrants in Arizona. King, a Republican from Kiron, argues the situation in Arizona “exposes” the Obama...
by Matt Kelley | Apr 30, 2010 | Education, Human Interest
An exhibit that explores the science, history and everyday experience of race and racial issues is opening this weekend at the Science Center of Iowa. Paul Jennings, the facility’s president, says the exhibit, “Race: Are We So Different?” should...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 30, 2010 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
A Fairbank man was badly hurt in a silo collapse on Thursday afternoon in northeast Iowa near the town of West Union. When Fayette County deputies arrived on the scene, they found 34-year-old Shane Rechkemmer near an excavator he had been operating. Rechkemmer had...
