by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 31, 2014 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A weekend fire at an egg farm in northern Iowa’s Wright County has killed thousands of chickens. Officials with Centrum Valley Farms say the fire happened on Sunday at their operation in Galt. Chief Operating Officer Steve Boomsma says in a news release that the...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 31, 2014 | News, Weather
The long, snowy winter created rougher roads across the state and now Iowa repair shops are seeing more alignment and suspension issues than usual due to so many potholes. Scott Weyer, who runs an auto repair business in Des Moines, says the winter was particularly...
by Dar Danielson | Mar 31, 2014 | Crime & Courts, News
Two former Scott County men will spend time in prison on a child pornography charges. Thirty-nine-year old Shannon Wade Watson, a former resident of Wappello, pled guilty in November to possession of child pornography. A Davenport police detective working as a member...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 31, 2014 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A single-vehicle rollover accident on Saturday morning in southwest Iowa’s Cass County claimed the life of an 18-year old from the Griswold area. Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Corey Larsen said the crash was reported shortly before noon near Griswold. Larsen says...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 31, 2014 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Top Story
An historic building in downtown Des Moines was destroyed by an intense fire this weekend, damaging the exterior of two neighboring office towers and leaving shattered glass, soot and ashes strewn through a six-block area of the state’s capital city. The iconic...
