by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 31, 2010 | Outdoors, Politics & Government
A coalition of representatives from Iowa and six other states that form the Missouri River basin is working to find concensus on river-related issues. The Missouri River Association of States and Tribes, or MoRAST, is zeroing in on a wide-reaching study by the U.S....
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 31, 2010 | Business, Politics & Government
Groups representing businesses and unions in the state are unhappy with what happened — and what didn’t happen — in the 2010 Iowa legislative session. “The 2010 session really didn’t address labor issues,” says Jan Laue,...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 30, 2010 | Crime & Courts
A northwest Iowa woman is behind bars charged with a serious misdemeanor after allegedly falsely claiming that she had killed her three children. The Sheldon Police Department report that Tuesday just before 3:30 A.M., their dispatch, at the O’Brien County...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 30, 2010 | Human Interest, Recreation / Entertainment
A Des Moines man who became the first Iowan to reach the peak of Mount Everest in 2003 is now hoping to conquer what he believes could be the toughest human endurance event ever conceived. In July, 33-year-old Charlie Wittmack plans to begin a 12-nation, 12,000 mile...
by Todd Kimm | Mar 30, 2010 | Sports
A U.S. Olympian will headline the invitational mile run at next month’s Drake Relays. Bernard Lagat ran the 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters for the U.S. in the 2008 Olympics. Drake Relays director Brian Brown who says the mile run is always one of the favorite...
