by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 30, 2011 | Crime & Courts
A man caught in an investigation of drug trafficking in southeast Iowa is being sent to federal prison. On Thursday, 22-year-old Antonio Murray of Iowa City was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of parole. This spring he pled guilty to conspiring to...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Sep 30, 2011 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Fire swept through a northwest Iowa hotel early this morning, forcing the building to be evacuated. The fire was reported around 2 A.M. at the Rodeway Inn, just south of the Okoboji lakes, in Milford. Milford Fire Chief Jim Carpenter says the two-story building was...
by Dar Danielson | Sep 30, 2011 | Health & Medicine
The leaves are starting to turn color, the harvest is underway, and that means flu season isn’t far behind. Iowa Department of Public Health Medical Director, Patricia Quinlisk says it’s never too early to prepare yourself to fight the flu. She says the...
by Matt Kelley | Sep 30, 2011 | Business, Education
A growing number of students at Iowa State University are interested in boosting their financial literacy. Student enrollment in a one-credit, online “Personal Finance in Early Adulthood” course has tripled from two years ago. Doug Borkowski, director of...
by Dar Danielson | Sep 30, 2011 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Thursday’s high winds helped fuel a large field fire in northern Iowa’s Hancock County. Kanawha Fire Chief J.R. Langfitt says they were called out to three different field fires, with the largest one being started by a combine at about 1:45 P.M. west of...
