by Matt Kelley | Feb 28, 2014 | News, Weather
Many Iowans are looking forward to spring and warmer weather as the month of February comes to an end. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says it appears the statewide average temperature for the month will be around 12.8 degrees. “That would rank as the eighth...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 28, 2014 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
A northwest Iowa movie theater will reopen March 7th, but the future of the business depends on fundraising to buy new digital equipment. The movie industry was scheduled to go digital by the end of 2013 and Sharon Mayer, owner of the Pioneer Theater in Milford,...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 28, 2014 | Education, News
The Board of Regents met with University of Iowa President Sally Mason this afternoon to discuss her recent remarks regarding sexual assaults on campus. Mason drew criticism after saying in the student newspaper that the goal was to have no sexual assaults on campus,...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 28, 2014 | Business, News, Top Story
The Iowa Utilities Board has approved a $135.5 million rate increase for MidAmerican Energy customers. Rob Hillesland, a spokesman for the board, says regulators agreed to the increase due to a “wide range of factors,” including increased operating costs....
by Dar Danielson | Feb 28, 2014 | Crime & Courts, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The Iowa Supreme Court has ordered a jury award given to a man injured while working for the Burlington-Northern-Santa Fe railroad to be refigured. John Giza was 59 when he suffered a knee injury in the rail yard in Red Oak in 2009 that made him unable to continue...
