by Matt Kelley | Dec 30, 2011 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Outdoors
The federal wildlife refuge that straddles the Iowa-Nebraska border is reopening next week after months of being closed due to damage caused by this year’s Missouri River flooding. Mindy Sheets, deputy manager at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, says they...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 30, 2011 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
The Iowa Supreme Court has issued a ruling in a case that challenges the state’s campaign finance law. The Iowa Right to Life Committee (IRTL) challenged an Iowa law covering campaign donations that was created in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 30, 2011 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A 44-year-old truck driver was killed in a crash on Highway 20 near Duncombe on Thursday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol identified the victim as Gary M. Sulsberger of Rodney. Reportedly a 2003 Frieghtliner tractor trailer driven by Sulsberger was traveling eastbound...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 30, 2011 | News
AUDIO About 120,000 Iowans participated in the Caucuses back in 2008. Iowa GOP chairman Matt Strawn has been asked many times in the past week if turn-out for the 2012 Caucuses will match that. This is what he told Radio Iowa: “Obviously there’s so many...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 30, 2011 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Top Story
The state of Iowa is on a pace to have one of the lowest highway death rates in years. As of Thursday (December 29), state numbers show there were 352 deaths, or 32 below the total for 2010. It would be the fourth consecutive year the state has been below 400 traffic...
