by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 27, 2014 | Crime & Courts, News
A woman is dead and a man is in custody following a shooting last night at a trailer park in northern Iowa. A release from the Estherville Police Department indicates the body of 30-year-old Michaela Lynne Jordan was found in a home just before 8 p.m. Wednesday. She...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 27, 2014 | Education, News
The State Board of Regents will hold a special meeting Friday to discuss comments on sexual assault made by University of Iowa President Sally Mason. The agenda says the board will discuss Mason’s remarks followed by a closed session of the board. The remarks...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 27, 2014 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
The Iowa House has voted to get rid of the state law that bans the sale and possession of gun silencers. Representative Matt Windschitl, a Republican from Missouri Valley who is a gun smith, calls them “suppressors” and he said they can help preserve the...
by Matt Kelley | Feb 27, 2014 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin says change often comes slowly in Washington D.C., but this week is bringing several encouraging steps in efforts to curb childhood obesity. Harkin, a Democrat, authored a bill that passed in 2010 that brought the first reforms in years to...
by Todd Kimm | Feb 27, 2014 | Sports
The UNI Panthers rolled to a 73-54 win over Southern Illinois in their home finale. The Panthers turned the tables on the Salukis by outrebounding them 35-24. “Obviously that was talked a lot about in the last two days,” UNI coach Ben Jacobson said. His...
