by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 30, 2011 | Weather
A steamy, sticky few days are ahead. All 99 Iowa counties are under a Heat Advisory that runs from one o’clock this afternoon through seven o’clock on Friday night. Roger Vachelek, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, says if there was any...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 30, 2011 | Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin just had his weeklong vacation canceled and he doesn’t sound optimistic about why he’ll be heading back to Washington D.C. Senate leaders want to tackle legislation designed to raise the debt ceiling and cut the nation’s...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 30, 2011 | Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
Just one issue remains unresolved in next year’s state budget, but the impasse now threatens to derail the effort to complete work on the budget today before the new state fiscal year begins tomorrow. House Republicans are now proposing an even tougher abortion...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 30, 2011 | Human Interest
It’s now been six months since someone purchased a Hot Lotto ticket in Iowa worth $16.5 million. Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says the prize remains unclaimed. “We also know that ticket has never been checked on a lottery terminal in...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 30, 2011 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
More volunteers are needed to fill sandbags in Council Bluffs as the community fights to hold back the high water of the flooding Missouri River. Kris Ranney, with the Council Bluffs Volunteer Center, says they also need muscle power to set the sandbags in position...
