by Radio Iowa Contributor | Aug 30, 2017 | Crime & Courts, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office is treating the massive July 14th fire in downtown Exira as a criminal investigation. The sheriff’s office and the Department of Public Safety State Fire Marshal’s Division are leading the investigation that has found...
by Matt Kelley | Aug 30, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A large barn used for horse and cattle sales in northeast Iowa was destroyed in a fire early this morning.* The fire at the Central Iowa Exchange sale barn in Aplington was spotted around 1 a.m. Crews from all around Butler County responded to the scene. The building...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Aug 30, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Authorities now say the 27-year-old jogger who was killed in Waterloo was a civil servant. Police say a Waterloo firefighter died Tuesday after being struck by an SUV. Greg Freshwater was out running. He tried crossing the street at Ansborough and Shaulis Road in...
by O. Kay Henderson | Aug 30, 2017 | News, Politics & Government
Republican Senator Joni Ernst spoke this week at a big Republican event the state that holds the “First in the South” presidential primary. The crowd in South Carolina gave her a standing ovation before she said a word. “Please be seated. Oh, for...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Aug 30, 2017 | Human Interest, News, Religion
A Davenport church that serves meals to the homeless is suing the city and three city officials. The federal lawsuit was filed by Compassion Church, operator of Timothy’s House of Hope, and its pastors against the city of Davenport, two aldermen and a city zoning...