by O. Kay Henderson | Oct 31, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
Two Iowa political scientists say Iowa has “unique” split-ticket voting patterns. Iowa State University political science professor Dave Andersen explains. “I’m new to Iowa and I grew up in New Jersey and in the northeast, where I’m used...
by Dar Danielson | Oct 31, 2014 | Sports
The Iowa State men are ranked 14th in the Associated Press preseason top-25 basektball poll. That’s the Cyclones’ highest preseason ranking since the 1996-97 season, when ISU was ranked 9th entering the season. It is just the fourth time in school history that...
by Matt Kelley | Oct 31, 2014 | Health & Medicine, Human Interest, News
Halloween isn’t a very happy holiday for the estimated one in every 13 Iowa kids who have food allergies since they can’t partake in the annual ritual of gobbling piles of candy after trick-or-treating. A central Iowa woman has launched a non-profit group...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 31, 2014 | Crime & Courts, News
A standoff in the northwest Iowa town of Cherokee ended early this morning, after a man barricaded himself in a home late last night and threatened to kill himself. Police arrived at the home of 35-year-old Joshua Lee Allender and saw him inside the house, though he...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 31, 2014 | Education, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A school bus collided with a tractor that was pulling a manure spreader in northeast Iowa’s Fayette County. The accident happened just before 4:30 p.m. Thursday west of West Union, near the intersection of O Avenue and 220th Street. A tractor driven by...
