by Todd Kimm | Dec 31, 2010 | Weather
Winter weather has returned to Iowa and travel has been hazardous in many parts of the Hawkeye State. “Basically what we’re seeing is a band of precipitation that actually extends well into northwest Iowa right through the central part of the state off...
by Matt Kelley | Dec 31, 2010 | Human Interest
Iowans will be paying more for at least one popular food for celebrating the New Year. Seafood stores are blaming the Gulf oil spill for spiking oyster prices. In Cedar Rapids, Boston Fish store owner Suzette Zoll is still stocking oysters – but charging more....
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 31, 2010 | Health & Medicine, Military
Iowans who routinely have trouble sleeping may someday be able to thank veterans for helping lead medical science to an effective cure. Researcher Michael Koenigs is studying Vietnam veterans who have brain injuries and says he’s seeing some surprising trends as...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 31, 2010 | Crime & Courts
A Davenport football fan says he was stabbed earlier this month for wearing purple, the color of the Minnesota Vikings. Dan Quandt tells WQAD-TV it started with some trash talk when he went into the Quarry, a Davenport bar, for a couple of beers. Quandt says he was...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 31, 2010 | Human Interest
An Ames couple who have been foster parents to 17 kids were honored earlier this month by the Youth and Shelter Services organization. JoAnn and Curtis Clark had four biological children and their first foster child was a Korean boy who needed to learn English....
