by Dar Danielson | May 30, 2014 | Crime & Courts, Health & Medicine, News
A former Newton doctor will spend 5 years in prison for illegally handing out medication. Lafayette Twyner pled guilty in Feburary to federal charges of illegally dispensing hydrocodone resulting in death and health care fraud. Twyner admitted to prescribing various ....
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 30, 2014 | Business, News
A German wind energy company is opening its first American facility in northwest Iowa. Windtest plans to open its North American headquarters in the new Sustainable Energy Resource and Technology (SERT) building on the Estherville campus of Iowa Lakes Community...
by Dar Danielson | May 30, 2014 | Crime & Courts, News
A former Iowa Lottery employee from Alta faces eight charges. DCI Special Agent Steve VanOtterloo says the investigation started after the lottery noticed discrepancies in records of some north-central Iowa retail locations “They discovered there was some...
by Dar Danielson | May 30, 2014 | Military, News, Politics & Government
Members of the Iowa Congressional delegation are reacting to the resignation of Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary Eric Shinseki, in the wake of the ongoing scandal over the poor treatment of veterans. Republican Congressman Tom Latham of Clive told Radio Iowa...
by Matt Kelley | May 30, 2014 | Human Interest, News
The state’s highest citizen honor, The Iowa Award, will be presented this afternoon to the chairman of the World Food Prize. Kenneth Quinn will be handed the award that was established in 1948 and has been given to prominent Iowans such as President Herbert...