by Matt Kelley | Dec 30, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News
A babysitter is facing charges after a toddler was found outside, in frigid weather, along a Dallas County roadway. The one-year-old boy was taken to the Dallas County Hospital by someone who found the child sitting along Highway 141 near Perry just before 4 p.m....
by Dar Danielson | Dec 30, 2013 | Business, News
Car sales are up five percent this year according to the Iowa Auto Dealers Association. The group’s president, Bruce Anderson, says in our state the heavier duty vehicles rank right up there with sedans. “We trend a little heavier in Iowa towards trucks...
by Matt Kelley | Dec 30, 2013 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
One month ago, law enforcement officials had high hopes that the state would post fewer than 300 traffic fatalities in a single year for the first time in over seven decades. Unfortunately, that won’t happen. Iowa State Patrol spokesperson Sergeant Scott Bright...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 30, 2013 | Human Interest, News
The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign ended on Christmas Day and several of the chapters in the state found they had fallen short of their goal. Major David Corliss in Des Moines says they were hoping the money dropped in the kettle would hit$2.1-million this...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 30, 2013 | News, Politics & Government
At this time a year ago congress passed a one-year extension of the Farm Bill mainly to avoid a dramatic hike in milk prices. Congress failed to pass a new five-year Farm Bill in 2013, but U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has assured congress there won’t be an...