by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 28, 2012 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A Mason City man is listed in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries after his 4-year-old son accidentally shot him in the knee. Police were called around 2 p.m. Monday to a home on Mason City’s northeast side (509 4th Northeast) where they found...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 28, 2012 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
Republicans in the Iowa House have drafted a $154 million budget plan for the state’s court system that Democrats say will lead to layoffs and does nothing to ensure the 33 county clerk of court offices operating on a part-time basis are open full-time....
by Todd Kimm | Feb 28, 2012 | Sports
Jasmin Schelhaas connected on 4 free throws in the final 1:27 as Pella Christian upended second-ranked and unbeaten West Hancock 66-63 in a class 2A quarterfinal round game. Schelhaas finished 10 of 13 at the line and led Pella Christian with 17 points. West Hancock...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 28, 2012 | Education, News, Politics & Government
The director of the Iowa Department of Education submitted the state’s request for a waiver from the federal “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) education standards today. Director Jason Glass says the waiver approval is contingent upon the creation of an...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 28, 2012 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Politics & Government, Weather
Iowa’s governor has just returned from a five-day trip to Washington, D.C. and Governor Branstad made a face-to-face appeal to officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers on flood-related issues. “I was really...
