by Radio Iowa Contributor | Sep 29, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A northwest Iowa woman ended a 31-year career as a 911 dispatcher on Thursday — a career that included sending help to a plane crash with nearly 300 people on board. Louise Keleher says she’ll remember many calls, but none more vividly than the emergency...
by Dar Danielson | Sep 29, 2017 | Health & Medicine, News
The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting the first Iowa death this year from the West Nile virus. Deputy State Epidemiologist Ann Garvey says the victim was a woman. She says the woman was a middle-aged adult from southwestern Iowa, and is a reminder we are...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Sep 29, 2017 | Crime & Courts, News
The embattled mayor of the eastern Iowa town of Muscatine has won a court decision. Mayor Diana Broderson was ousted last May by the Muscatine City Council, but she fought that ouster in district court, and a judge ordered her temporarily reinstated. He also ordered...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Sep 29, 2017 | Human Interest, News
An Iowa State University professor has organized what’s being called a global virtual vigil will be held Saturday night to remember a decades-old massacre on a Caribbean island. Megan Jeanette Myers, an ISU professor of Spanish Studies, says as many as 20,000...
by Dar Danielson | Sep 29, 2017 | News, Politics & Government
Concerns raised by the public led to a review by the State Auditor’s Office that found some actions by the Cass County Treasurer that didn’t follow the rules. Deputy State Auditor Andrew Nielsen says they found an issue with Treasurer Tracey...