by Matt Kelley | Feb 1, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News
Two former government employees in southwest Iowa are accused of selling nearly $20,000 worth of county-owned scrap metal to a local salvage yard and pocketing the money for themselves. An investigation by the State Auditor’s office was launched after the Adair...
by Matt Kelley | Feb 1, 2013 | Human Interest, News
A health care activist from eastern Iowa is in Washington D.C. for this week’s Families U.S.A. conference. Karen Metcalf, spokeswoman for the Quad Cities-based group Progressive Action for the Common Good, says the 18th annual summit is gathering hundreds of...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 1, 2013 | Sports
Waukon’s Gene Klinge became the first Iowa girls basketball coach to reach one thousand victories when his Indians beat MFL-MarMac 88-60 on Thursday night. It was the fourth attempt at the milestone. Waukon had lost two straight games and had a third game...
by Todd Kimm | Feb 1, 2013 | Sports
The Iowa Hawkeyes overcame a slow start and beat Penn State 76-67 in Iowa City. Sophomore Aaron White had a career high 27 points and after getting his first start of the season junior forward Melsahn Basabe finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Basabe says a lot...
by Todd Kimm | Feb 1, 2013 | Sports
A sellout crowd is expected in Iowa City tonight as the third ranked Iowa Hawkeyes host top ranked and two-time defending national champion Penn State in a wrestling dual. The Hawkeyes squeaked out a 16-15 victory at Minnesota last weekend as the teams split the ten...