by Todd Kimm | Jun 28, 2013 | Sports
Andy Bonasera is no stranger to starting a program from scratch and he will get another chance at Cornell College where he has been named head coach of the school’s new men’s lacrosse program. Bonasera has started two programs already, first at Mount St....
by Todd Kimm | Jun 28, 2013 | Sports
Soccer fans can enjoy a tripleheader on Saturday at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines and it will be capped off by a Des Moines Menace game. Menace spokesman Adam Small says the action will begin with the Iowa high school girls and then boys all star contests. Small...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 28, 2013 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
One person was killed in an apartment fire early this morning in northeast Iowa. It happened in Independence, where Doug Cook is the fire chief. “We got the call this morning at 4:16 and we were on the scene by 4:19,” Cook said. Flames were coming through...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 28, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News
A Davenport man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on child pornography charges. Thirty-six-year-old Anthony Boyd Conklin pled guilty to possession of child pornography after state and federal officials searched his Davenport home in April of 2011 as the result...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 28, 2013 | Crime & Courts, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Two Iowa communities have made the list of cities nationwide that are considered “most secure.” Out of 114 metro areas, Omaha-Council Bluffs ranks number-six while Des Moines is 20th. Mark Toohey is a spokesman for Farmers Insurance and says their list is...
