by Todd Kimm | Nov 29, 2010 | Sports
The Iowa basketball team returns to action on Tuesday night at Wake Forest. It’s part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery says he thinks it is a great series that he has enjoyed watching over the years. He says it generates interest in the...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Nov 29, 2010 | Sports
The U.N.I. volleyball team will be at home next weekend for the opening round of the N.C.C.A. Tournament. The Panthers are 30-2 and received the fifth seed in their region after winning the Missouri Valley tournament in Cedar Falls. U.N.I. coach Bobbi Peterson says...
by Matt Kelley | Nov 29, 2010 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Traffic accidents claimed at least seven lives in Iowa over the long Thanksgiving weekend. Scott Falb, with the Iowa Department of Transportation, says another incident could raise the death toll to eight. “We’re not sure if that one will qualify as a...
by Dar Danielson | Nov 29, 2010 | Politics & Government
Iowa Secretary of State, Michael Mauro, says a record number of voters cast ballots in the general election this month. Mauro says 54%percent of registered voters went to the polls. Mauro says that wasn’t a record percentage, but it was a record for number of...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 29, 2010 | Politics & Government
Governor-elect Terry Branstad is hosting a fundraiser next week at a Des Moines restaurant to raise money from private donors to finance the transition of power in state government. The current budget is $10,000. That’s the amount of state tax dollars set aside...