by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 30, 2015 | Crime & Courts, News
The wife of a Chinese billionaire no longer faces conspiracy charges in connection with the alleged theft of seed corn trade secrets. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa filed charges against 43-year-old Mo Yun a year ago. She and six others —...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jul 30, 2015 | Crime & Courts, News, Top Story
A group of Iowa landowners is suing the Iowa Utilities Board, saying it’s an effort to protect their property from the Dakota Access pipeline, which aims to carry crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields, through South Dakota, Iowa and into south-central...
by Matt Kelley | Jul 30, 2015 | Crime & Courts, News
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing central Iowa boy. Twelve-year-old Sebastian Akers of Nevada was last spotted at a convenience store in Boone at one o’clock Wednesday morning, after he was reporting missing by his parents....
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 30, 2015 | News, Politics & Government
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is pushing back against the idea that he’s the main cause of the demise of the Iowa GOP’s Straw Poll. “Well, gosh, I didn’t know I was that powerful,” Huckabee said this morning. The Iowa...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jul 30, 2015 | Crime & Courts, News, Top Story
Authorities believe the man who held up a credit union in Mason City this week is the suspect known as the “AK-47 Bandit,” who’s wanted in multiple bank heists in several states. Mason City Police Lieutenant Rich Jensen says the man walked into the...