by Matt Kelley | Mar 18, 2024 | News, Weather
Don’t put away those heavy coats, shovels and snow-melt just yet. Tomorrow marks the first day of spring, but it’s possible a large area of Iowa will be digging out from a winter-weather storm in less than a week. Meteorologist Katie Gross, at the National...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 18, 2024 | News, Recreation / Entertainment, Technology
A Midwestern kid who loved “Star Trek” grew up to be a principal mechanical engineer for NASA who’s worked on every Mars mission since Pathfinder, which took the first rover to the Red Planet in 1996. Kobie Boykins will be in central Iowa this week...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 15, 2024 | News
Iowans who have too much Saint Patrick’s Day cheer can get a safe ride home tonight through Monday morning. AAA-Iowa spokesman Brian Ortner says the motor club is offering its free, statewide Tow to Go service for members and non-members across Iowa this...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 14, 2024 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Health & Medicine, News, Weather
A new report places Iowa in the middle of the pack in terms of the state’s preparedness for emergencies — from weather disasters to disease outbreaks to terrorist attacks. Dr. Nadine Gracia, president and CEO of Trust for America’s Health, says the annual...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 12, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley predicts President Biden’s just-released budget for fiscal year 2025 will need to be rejected in order to, in Grassley’s words, “rescue future generations from even greater economic harm.” “It’s dead on...