by Radio Iowa Contributor | Aug 31, 2015 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
An ATV crash that claimed the life of a child is under investigation in western Iowa. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call about a four-wheeler accident in rural Crawford County Sunday shortly before 8 p.m. Ten-year-old Devon Auen of rural Denison was...
by O. Kay Henderson | Aug 31, 2015 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
Governor Terry Branstad is defending the way officials in his administration chose four companies to manage the state-run Medicaid program. Four other companies that submitted bids but were not chosen have sued, calling the selection process haphazard and raising...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Aug 31, 2015 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Authorities say an Ottumwa man is lucky to be alive after being hit by a train on Sunday afternoon. The incident happened on Ottumwa’s west end on the rail line owned by Canadian Pacific Railway. Authorities say the unidentified person was walking down the railroad...
by O. Kay Henderson | Aug 31, 2015 | Business, News, Politics & Government
Governor Terry Branstad today called the “Kum & Go” convenience store chain a “great…family-owned”, Iowa-based business and he has no objection to the nearly $19 million in state tax incentives it will get for moving the company...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Aug 31, 2015 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Clean-up is still underway today after heavy rain caused severe flooding in parts of north-central Iowa over the weekend. Hamilton County was hard hit, where many crops, roads and basements were washed over and washed out. Gregory Campbell is the mayor of Ellsworth,...