by O. Kay Henderson | May 28, 2015 | News, Politics & Government
Rick Santorum made his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination “official” this week and he’s back in Iowa for town hall meetings with Iowans. His first stop this afternoon was at a restaurant in Davenport, where he met with about...
by Matt Kelley | May 28, 2015 | Health & Medicine, News
A psychiatrist in central Iowa is among the first in the state to use a new type of therapy for patients with what’s called treatment-resistant depression. It strikes five to six-percent of the population, people for whom counseling and drugs simply don’t...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 28, 2015 | Military, News, Politics & Government
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul says despite a crowd of competitors for the GOP’s 2016 presidential nomination, he doesn’t find it difficult to stand out from the pack. “I think it’s rather easy for me,” Paul said this morning during an...
by O. Kay Henderson | May 28, 2015 | Education, Human Interest, News
The two Iowa boys who were competing in the National Spelling Bee were eliminated in the second round. Twelve-year-old Zander Reed of Ames is a seventh grader who competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2013 and 2014. He misspelled the word alleviate during...
by Matt Kelley | May 28, 2015 | Human Interest, News
A spokesperson for the Iowa Lottery says it’s unusual for large prizes to go unclaimed, but a lot of winning tickets for smaller prizes weren’t turned in last year. Mary Neubauer says two Powerball tickets purchased in the state — one worth $10,000...