by Dar Danielson | Jul 29, 2011 | Education
Officials at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University say their funding from grants and federal contracts dropped slightly in the last fiscal year. UI vice president for research and economic development, Jordan Cohen, says they are still happy with the...
by Matt Kelley | Jul 29, 2011 | Human Interest, Recreation / Entertainment
A retired southwest Iowa woman is publishing her first suspense novel this week, a new course after authoring a popular seven-book mystery series. Shirley Damsgaard worked for the U.S. Postal Service 30 years, the last 24 as postmaster in Stuart, where she still...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 29, 2011 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled a period of “house arrest” should be considered part of a sex offender’s prison sentence. In 2004, Michael Leroy Anderson pled guilty to two counts of enticing away a minor. Anderson wasn’t sent to prison,...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jul 29, 2011 | News
A casino in northwest Iowa is back open, seven weeks after being closed because of the Missouri River flooding. There’s still water surrounding the WinnaVegas Casino near Sloan, but amphibious “duck boats” are now being used to ferry customers over a...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jul 29, 2011 | Human Interest
Davenport is hosting what a community leader calls one of the biggest sports weekends in Iowa history. Joe Taylor, president and CEO of the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau, says the bike ride RAGBRAI and the Bix 7 Run are bringing in a combined 30,000...
