by Matt Kelley | May 30, 2012 | Education, News
A retired University of Northern Iowa professor who died earlier this year has left $1.5 million for the school. Bonnie Litwiller’s gift, announced today, will fund scholarships for students who want to become math teachers. Doug Mupasiri, who heads the U.N.I....
by Dar Danielson | May 30, 2012 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Outdoors
Two Texas companies have agreed to pay a civil penalty of just over one million dollars for three natural gasoline pipeline spills, including one in western Iowa. Natural gasoline is a liquid that come from natural gas that is blended with gasoline to improve its...
by O. Kay Henderson | May 30, 2012 | Crime & Courts, Military, News, Politics & Government, Top Story
A northeast Iowa legislator resigned from the Iowa House today to become the state’s “drug czar.” Governor Branstad, who is in China, announced this morning in a written statement that he’s appointed Representative Steve Lukan to be the new...
by O. Kay Henderson | May 30, 2012 | News, Weather
Warm, windy weather, and a lack of rain, are raising drought concerns in Iowa. The latest U.S.D.A. report indicates about half of Iowa farm fields are short or very short of topsoil moisture. Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says it’s worrisome. “Ironically...
by Matt Kelley | May 30, 2012 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A child from Ames was transported by helicopter to a Des Moines hospital last night after he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. Ames Police Commander Jim Robinson says it happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. in a neighborhood on the city’s northwest side....
