by Dar Danielson | Mar 28, 2014 | Sports
Iowa State couldn’t pull out another come from behind win and fell in the NCAA tournament 81-76 to U-Conn Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Cyclones got behind by 10 at the half and were only able to cut that lead down to 4 in the second half....
by Matt Kelley | Mar 28, 2014 | Business, News
Five companies that are planning expansion projects were awarded financial incentives today by the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board. The projects, combined, are expected to create 257 jobs and result in over $22 million in new capital investment. IEDA...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 28, 2014 | Health & Medicine, News
A new report ranks the overall health of all 99 Iowa counties. The study used some 30 factors to compile the rankings, things like childhood poverty, smoking, college attendance, physical activity and access to physicians. Julie Willems Van Dijk, deputy director of...
by Dar Danielson | Mar 28, 2014 | Business, Crime & Courts, News, Outdoors
A spokesperson for Grain Processing Corporation in Muscatine says they are happy with the settlement that requires them to complete major upgrades and pay a record $1.5 million civil penalty to the state over environmental violations. “The settlement was...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 28, 2014 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Four children and two adults were hospitalized Thursday after an explosion and fire in western Iowa. State Fire Marshal’s office investigator Dan Roberts says crews were sent to a home on Kingsridge Drive in Council Bluffs shortly after 8 p.m. “There were...
