by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jul 31, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News
Mason City police say Tom Barlas Junior claimed to have killed the devil after allegedly stabbing his father Tom Senior to death two weeks ago. Police filed statements and accounts as well as a search warrant last week at the Cerro Gordo County Courthouse. According...
by Dar Danielson | Jul 31, 2013 | Health & Medicine, News
An Iowa official says it’s now up to the feds to continue the investigation of the cyclospora outbreak after it was determined the source was a prepackaged salad mix. Steve Mandernach of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals says they’ve taken the...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jul 31, 2013 | News, Weather
Construction season is in high gear after getting off to a slow start due to Iowa’s wettest ever spring. Much of the work is happening on Iowa’s interstates. Cathy Cutler, with the Iowa Department of Transportation, says a lot of those improvements are...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jul 31, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News
The state trooper who’s charged with speeding while driving Governor Branstad says he doesn’t want the former criminal investigator who complained about the speeding SUV to pay the fine. Last Friday, Larry Headland paid the $181.50 fine issued to Trooper...
by Dar Danielson | Jul 31, 2013 | News, Outdoors
Nine young ospreys are being released in two counties this week as part of the ongoing program to reestablish the birds in the state. Pat Schlarbaum with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Diversity program says the osprey project started nearly three...