by O. Kay Henderson | May 31, 2017 | Crime & Courts, News, Top Story
Three more people have been arrested and charged with having a role in the horrific death of a 16-year-old girl who was found in the basement of her home in Perry nearly three weeks ago. Sabrina Ray’s adoptive parents were already under arrest, but three...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 31, 2017 | Crime & Courts, News
Jury selection is underway in Elk Point, South Dakota for the $1.9 billion defamation lawsuit trial filed by Beef Products Incorporated against ABC Broadcasting. The lawsuit claims ABC News and reporter Jim Avila damaged BPI by referring in news reports back in 2012...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 31, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Top Story
Rescue crews had to pull another person out of the rapidly-flowing Cedar River in Cedar Falls today. The latest rescue occurred this morning near the dam that’s adjacent to the Ice House Museum. Cedar Falls Assistant Public Safety Director Craig Berte says a man...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 31, 2017 | Human Interest, News, Politics & Government
An Iowa author’s book about now-former Governor Terry Branstad’s long tenure in office is being translated into Chinese by a Beijing publisher. Newton author and former newspaperman Mike Chapman wrote the book in 2015, “Iowa’s Record Setting Governor: The Terry...
by O. Kay Henderson | May 31, 2017 | News, Politics & Government
A union organizer from Coralville says after watching Republicans at the statehouse roll back union rights this winter, she’s formed an “exploratory committee” to plan a campaign for governor. “I’m tired of watching working people in this...