by Matt Kelley | Jun 27, 2013 | Education, News
A documentary titled “The Farm Crisis” will make its premiere tonight at the State Historical Museum of Iowa in Des Moines. The broadcast premiere is set for next Monday at 8 p.m. on Iowa Public Television. The 90-minute film documents the tragedy farmers...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 27, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News
A Marshalltown man has admitted to a scheme where he filed fake expense claims worth thousands of dollars. Forty-eight-year-old Michael James Allison pled guilty to mail fraud for mailing his employer, Airgas Incorporated of Chicago, the fraudulent expense reports....
by Matt Kelley | Jun 27, 2013 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
A novelist with two bestsellers already on the shelves will be in eastern Iowa today to promote his latest book. It’s something of a homecoming for Andrew Sean Greer as the northern Californian taught two semesters at the University of Iowa’s...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 27, 2013 | Business, News, Recreation / Entertainment, Top Story
Winnebago Industries reports its net income nearly doubled in the third quarter as the recreational vehicle industry is rebounding after a few years of slow sales. The Forest City-based company reports earnings for the period ending June 1st of $7.7-million, compared...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 27, 2013 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The flooding Wapsipinicon River is now slowly falling at Independence, but downstream, Anamosa residents are preparing for what could be a record crest tomorrow. Andy Foster works at Tapkens, a convenience store near the river. She says the store was swamped in the...