by Todd Kimm | Jul 30, 2015 | Sports
Top ranked Mason City Newman is headed back to class 1A title game. The Knights too advantage of several Martensdale-St. Marys miscues to crush the 5th ranked Blue Devils 11-1 in a semifinal round game. Newman will be making a fourth straight trip to the title game,...
by Todd Kimm | Jul 30, 2015 | Sports
Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz says the elevation of C.J. Beathard to starting quarterback was more about his improvement than it was about what Jake Rudock did not do. Ferentz named Beathard the starter just days after the Hawkeyes Taxslayer Bowl loss to Tennessee....
by Matt Kelley | Jul 30, 2015 | Crime & Courts, News
A western Iowa man is facing charges in connection with the death of Logan woman earlier this month. The body of 50-year-old Charlotte Anderson was found on the side of a highway by law officers on the night of July 4th. Alex Murphy, a spokesman for the Iowa...
by Dar Danielson | Jul 30, 2015 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, voted for the Senate transportation bill today. Ernst talked with reporters before the vote, and says she decided to move ahead after addressing some questions with Iowa groups. “With the assurances that have...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jul 30, 2015 | Education, News
Despite a big drop in its high school drop-out rate in recent years, the Davenport School District is calling in outside help to push the rate down even further. The district has hired a Utah-based non-profit group called Graduation Alliance. Davenport Superintendent...
