by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 29, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Waterloo police made an arrest this morning after five fires were set intentionally. Fire crews were called early Thursday morning to the scene of a large fire near 8th and Jefferson in downtown Waterloo. The fire destroyed an abandoned building. Firefighters report...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 29, 2017 | Health & Medicine, News
With Independence Day just ahead, many of Iowa’s blood centers will be open earlier, later or both in anticipation of a drop in donors as summer vacation season heads into full swing. Danielle West, spokeswoman for LifeServe Blood Center, says supplies are...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 29, 2017 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
A northwest Iowa sheriff says he’d rather be in conflict with the county’s board of supervisors than be held in contempt by the court. Last week, the chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court issued an order barring guns in the courthouses in Iowa’s 99...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 29, 2017 | News, Weather
One tornado touched down in southwest Iowa’s Fremont County on Wednesday afternoon, causing scattered damage around Sidney and rural Shenandoah, while a second large twister hit in the east and northeast on Wednesday night, making its way through several...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 29, 2017 | Crime & Courts, News
A special investigation by the state auditor’s office has identified all sorts of improper transactions by the former treasurer of the group that runs youth sports programs in the northeast Iowa town Earlville. State Auditor Mary Mosiman the Delaware County...