by Dar Danielson | Oct 28, 2016 | Education, News
An elementary teacher from Norwalk is the 2017 Iowa Teacher of the Year. Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds visited Lakewood Elementary School today and Reynolds made the announcement in the school gym in front of bleachers filled with...
by Matt Kelley | Oct 28, 2016 | Education, Health & Medicine, News
Iowa’s largest school district is launching a bus seatbelt study. Des Moines Public Schools transportation director Todd Liston says the district is getting two school buses outfitted with lap-shoulder belts for 65 passengers. The trial is being paid for by the...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 28, 2016 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
While many Iowans plan to don a Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton mask at this weekend’s costume parties, those aren’t the most popular disguises at one of the state’s biggest costume stores. Kathy Harkrader, at the Theatrical Shop in West Des Moines,...
by O. Kay Henderson | Oct 28, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
A new poll finds six-term Republican Senator Chuck Grassley holding a “comfortable” double-digit lead over Democratic challenger Patty Judge. The Quinnipiac University Poll found Grassley had the support of 56 percent of those surveyed, compared to 38...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 28, 2016 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
One person was killed, two hurt, in a crash about 7 last night near Clarksville in northeast Iowa. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 41-year-old Jeffrey Dewitt, of Shell Rock, died when the pickup in which he was a passenger on County Road C-33 in Butler County went...