by Todd Kimm | Dec 31, 2014 | Sports
Officials with the Taxslayer Bowl says more than 60,000 tickets have been sold for Friday’s game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Tennessee Volunteers. Both teams were part of a final news conference in Jacksonville this morning and Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says his...
by Matt Kelley | Dec 31, 2014 | News, Weather
Several locations in Iowa recorded low temperatures in the double-digits below-zero over the final two days of 2014 — which will enter the record books as one of the coldest years in the state’s history. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says only three...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 31, 2014 | Crime & Courts, News
More law officers will be out tonight watching for intoxicated drivers who may have celebrated too much. Vince Kurtz of the Iowa State Patrol says they are trying to protect the drivers. “Their safety on the road is number one, and making sure that if your plans...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 31, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
Retiring Republican Congressman Tom Latham is among those who suggest it’s time to end the Iowa GOP’s Straw Poll which has been a test for the party’s presidential candidates since 1979. Latham says holding another Straw Poll in the summer of 2015...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 31, 2014 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
One person was killed in a high speed, rollover crash in west-central Iowa Tuesday night. The Iowa State Patrol identified the victim as 64-year old Andrew Gail Soroka of Dexter. Officials say he was driving a 2001 Jeep Cherokee eastbound on White Pole Road in Guthrie...