by Matt Kelley | Dec 28, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
More people have died in fire-related incidents in Iowa this year than any year since 1993. Ron Humphrey, a special agent with the Iowa State Fire Marshal’s office, says the tentative fire fatality count for 2017 has climbed to 53. “We’ve confirmed...
by Matt Kelley | Dec 28, 2017 | News
Financial experts are combing through all of the looming changes in tax code and some Iowans may benefit from taking a few decisive actions before 2018 arrives, though time is quickly running out. Jeff Strawhacker, a CPA in West Des Moines, says the sweeping tax...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 28, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The Blue Grass Police Department has released the names of the four people who died in a fire early Christmas Day. The police department says 71-year-olds Larry Loose Senior and Rose Loose were in the home when the first started, along with their sons, 36-year-old...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 28, 2017 | News, Outdoors
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is making changes in the paddlefish season in western Iowa to try and increase interest. DNR fisheries biologist Ryan Hupfeld says the ability to catch paddlefish on the Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers in western Iowa returned in...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 28, 2017 | Human Interest, News
Some of the youngest University of Iowa football fans watched the Pinstripe Bowl last night on a big screen at the U-I Stead Family Children’s Hospital. At every home game this year, fans inside Kinnick Stadium would wave to the sick children in the nearby...