by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 31, 2012 | Human Interest, News
Some Halloween traditions Iowans are celebrating today have roots in ancient Irish farms. Anne Effland is an agricultural historian and says a few everyday farming practices in 800 B.C. have morphed into our modern ways. October 31st was the last day of the Celtic New...
by Matt Kelley | Oct 31, 2012 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Human Interest, News
Gasoline prices are not fluctuating in Iowa in the wake of the so-called superstorm. Six oil refineries on the East Coast cut production or closed prior to Hurricane Sandy’s arrival on Monday night. That’s usually cause for gas prices going up, but it...
by Matt Kelley | Oct 31, 2012 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Outdoors
A fish kill is under investigation in northwest Iowa. Bryon Whiting, with the Iowa D.N.R. field office in Spencer, says a resident noticed the West Branch of the Floyd River looked “murky” and called the D.N.R. on Monday. “It looks like we have some...
by Dar Danielson | Oct 31, 2012 | Crime & Courts, News
Two men who allegedly robbed a bank and than shot two law officers as they fled in a high speed chase were caught just before seven o’clock last night near the northeast Iowa town of Frederika. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says twenty-four year old...
by Matt Kelley | Oct 31, 2012 | News, Politics & Government
Several hundred people turned out in Des Moines last night for a rally featuring Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. She amused the crowd with a story of not wanting her husband to run for president again after his failed run for the GOP...
