by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 26, 2015 | News, Politics & Government
A bill that would give Cedar Rapids another shot at landing a state-licensed casino has cleared a senate subcommittee. Gary Grant, a lobbyist for the City of Cedar Rapids, is calling on legislators to decide whether state gambling regulators should reject license...
by Matt Kelley | Feb 26, 2015 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
Legislation to address a shortage of psychiatric treatment beds across the state has cleared a three-member panel in the Iowa House. The bill would direct the Department of Human Services to devise a tracking system to locate an available bed when a patient is having...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 26, 2015 | Crime & Courts, News
A man who brought a teenage girl from Iowa to Wisconsin to have sex with her has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison. Thirty-year-old Christopher Heath-Lowther of Platteville, Wisconsin pled guilty to one count of transporting a minor across a state line with...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 26, 2015 | News, Weather
The snow is over, for now, and Iowans are facing several days of bitter cold. A Wind Chill Advisory is posted this morning for northwest Iowa with wind chills approaching 30-below zero. Meteorologist Jim Lee, at the National Weather Service, says the deepest snow from...
by Todd Kimm | Feb 26, 2015 | Sports
UNI’s win coupled with Wichita State’s victory at Indiana State sets up a title showdown on Saturday afternoon in Wichita. Jacobson says he hasn’t seen all the games on the schedule, but is confident in saying it will be the best game going Saturday....
