by Dar Danielson | May 27, 2015 | Human Interest, News
A relationship study of older mothers found more issues than expected with their children. Iowa State University researcher Megan Gilligan is the lead author the study which she says found 1 in 10 mothers had at least one estranged child. They didn’t start the...
by O. Kay Henderson | May 27, 2015 | News, Politics & Government
A key legislator says all the “tweaking” that can be done has been done and state budget negotiations are nearing an impasse. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Gronstal of Council Bluffs is among the handful of legislative leaders who’ve been meeting...
by Matt Kelley | May 27, 2015 | Business, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The price of eggs used by food manufacturers has more than tripled in recent weeks, largely due to the outbreak of bird flu spreading across Iowa, the nation’s number-one egg-producing state. Avian flu has affected more than 21-million egg-laying hens in Iowa so far,...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 27, 2015 | Crime & Courts, News
A Mason City man who was accused of throwing a cat into a river earlier this year is being fined $100 dollars. Sixty-nine-year-old William Hill was originally charged with first-offense animal torture, but prosecutors later reduced the charge to abandonment of an...
by Dar Danielson | May 27, 2015 | News, Weather
The latest U.S.D.A. crop report shows wet weather has slowed planting progress — especially in the southwest part of the state. Overall, 96-percent of the corn crop has been planted, which is one day ahead of last year, and three days ahead of the 5-year...