by Matt Kelley | Apr 8, 2024 | Human Interest, News, Outdoors
A narrow band of land from Texas to Maine will be under a total solar eclipse this afternoon, and in Iowa, the partial eclipse will still be a spectacular sight to behold, if it’s not too cloudy. Dr. Robert Funk, an ophthalmologist with Gundersen Health System...
by Matt Kelley | Apr 5, 2024 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
A singer-songwriter whose childhood was split between rural Kentucky and New York City will bring her unique blend of music to Iowa next week for two stops. Martha Redbone is on a national tour offering songs — and stories — which she says aim to lend a...
by Matt Kelley | Apr 5, 2024 | Human Interest, News
A fourth-year dental student at the University of Iowa has carefully crafted a work of mosaic art immortalizing Hawkeye basketball star Caitlin Clark — out of more than 700 Rubik’s Cubes. Like millions of other fans, Sioux City native Brian Dang closely...
by Matt Kelley | Apr 4, 2024 | News, Outdoors
Volunteers across Iowa with an interest in pollinator conservation are needed for a new program that will help researchers track and monitor the state’s at-risk bumble bees. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife diversity biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural...
by Matt Kelley | Apr 3, 2024 | Crime & Courts, News
Federal tax returns are due in less than two weeks and Iowans are being warned that scammers are stepping up their attempts to trick us. IRS spokesman Christopher Miller says criminals will be trying to send you convincing-looking tax-related messages. “The goal...