by Matt Kelley | Jun 30, 2014 | News, Outdoors
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be experimenting with a new method of clearing some thick vines and shrubs in an area of northeast Iowa that’s a popular destination for anglers, hikers, and bird watchers. The Ensign Hollow Wildlife Management Area...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 30, 2014 | News, Weather
Storm sirens sounded overnight in many Iowa communities, with multiple reports of funnel clouds and tornadoes across central Iowa. Campers at Little Wall Lake Park near Jewell ran for cover. “We were standing there watching the funnels go up and down, up and...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 30, 2014 | Crime & Courts, News
The discovery that a fugitive from North Carolina was living in Iowa came after software used by the Iowa Department of Transportation found the man had applied for two driver’s licenses. DOT director of Investigations and Identity Theft Paul Steier says the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 28, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
As expected, the Iowa Republican Party’s governing board has chosen a new chairman. Former state Representative Jeff Kaufmann of Wilton was elected at the Iowa Republican Party’s state central committee meeting this afternoon. He immediately set the goal...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 28, 2014 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Health & Medicine, News
The next few weeks are the most dangerous of the year for eye injuries, as so many people — including kids — will be playing with fireworks. Urbandale optometrist Beth Triebel says it’s unfortunate, but eye injuries become very common just before,...
