New area code start-up is delayed

The Iowa Utilities Board is changing the planned start up for the new 5-6-3 area code that’s being split off the 3-1-9 area code in eastern Iowa. Board spokesman Chuck Seele says phone companies asked for more time to implement the new area code, and the board...

Natural Gas Prices Still Climbing as Temperatures Fall

Continued bitter cold has forced an Iowa utility to again revise estimatesfor what it’ll cost Iowans to heat their homes this winter. John Ruff isspokesman for Alliant Energy in Cedar Rapids. Ruff says natural gas willcost the average customers from 350 to 450...

Hawkeyes Down Detroit

The Iowa Hawkeyes erased a ten point second half deficit to edge Detroit69-68 last night in the opening round of the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu.Detroit had a chance to win the game but Willie Green missed a 15-footjumper prior to the buzzer. Iowa opened by building...

Iowa’s Two-foot-plus Snow Sets Record

It’s official. This is Iowa’s snowiest month on record. State climatologistHarry Hillaker compiled the numbers this morning from yesterday’s snowstorm. He says it brought Iowa an average of three-point-six inches. Thatputs us up to 24-point-7 inches...