DOT makes detailed maps available

Anyone with Internet access will now be able to view detailed and specialized maps of Iowa. Department of Transportation maps originally designed “for internal use only” are now available to the public over the World Wide Web.Peggi Knight is a D-O-T...

Sioux City house explodes

Investigators in Sioux City are trying to determine what caused a house to explode. Fire Department spokesman Brian Thiele says neighbors reported the blast this morning just before three.Thiele says there was debris spread all over from the explosion as the front of...

Dry weather forces burning bans

Continued dry weather has placed about one-tenth of the state under a burn ban. Madison County has been added to the list of eight other counties where open burning is now prohibited. State Fire Marshal Roy Marshall:says damaging and dangerous grass fires are...

Half of Iowans have sent in Census forms

Some Iowans complain they still haven’t gotten a census form, but officials say half of all Hawkeye State residents have already returned their forms. If too few respond, the state could lose one of its five seats in the U-S House, but Iowa Congressman Tom...
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