by Dar Danielson | Apr 30, 2012 | Human Interest, Military, News, Top Story
The U.S. Navy today handed over ownership of the U.S.S. Iowa battleship to the California group that’s turning it into a floating museum. Audio: Dar Danielson report on the U.S.S. Iowa transfer. :60 The Navy awarded the Iowa to the Los Angeles-based non-profit...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 30, 2012 | News, Outdoors
This is “Soil and Water Conservation Week” in Iowa. Bill Northey, the state’s secretary of agriculture, says the week helps highlight steps farmers take to deal with the three feet of water Iowa gets every year. “You’ve seen a huge change...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 30, 2012 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A Sioux City man remains hospitalized with numerous injuries after he was struck by a pickup truck early Sunday morning. Police say 31-year-old William Kammerer was riding his bicycle around five A.M. Sunday on the city’s west side when he was struck by a...
by Matt Kelley | Apr 30, 2012 | Human Interest, News
A new non-profit group will be devoted to the famed Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail which cuts through Iowa and ten other states. The Lewis & Clark Trust is basing its national headquarters in Omaha. Spokeswoman Stephanie Ambrose-Tubbs says the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 30, 2012 | Education, News, Politics & Government
Governor Terry Branstad is rejecting an idea some of his fellow Republicans have floated. Some Republican lawmakers say they should walk away from state budget negotiations with Democrats and wait ’til January, when there’s a new legislature, to make...