by O. Kay Henderson | May 28, 2015 | News, Outdoors, Top Story
The leaders of several Iowa farm groups say they’re worried the EPA’s final draft of rules to curb pollution in small waterways and wetlands will subject farm ditches and farm ponds to federal oversight. Iowa Farm Bureau president Craig Hill says this...
by Matt Kelley | May 28, 2015 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
People who love science fiction and comic books usually have to travel to one of the nation’s bigger cities to attend a “comic con” or convention, but in the next few weeks, two of the events are being held in Iowa. The “O Comic Con” gets...
by Matt Kelley | May 28, 2015 | Business, News
Developers of a $42 million project in Muscatine that’s getting financial help from the state say they’ll break ground in September. Officials with the hotel, to be built along the Mississippi River, provided more details about the project on Wednesday....
by Todd Kimm | May 28, 2015 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
Special Olympics Iowa is gearing up for a major fundraiser at the Des Moines airport on June 6th when teams compete in the second annual Plane Pull. Special Olympics chair Steve Palmer is a retired police officer and he coordinates the event. He says they will pull a...
by O. Kay Henderson | May 28, 2015 | News, Politics & Government
A father and daughter from North Carolina traveled to Iowa Wednesday to lobby against a bill in the Iowa legislature that would legalize fireworks. “We don’t want anyone else to feel the pain that we feel,” Jack Shannon told Radio Iowa Wednesday...