by Dar Danielson | Jan 31, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Human Interest, News
Three months after a hurricane devastated Haiti, an Iowa-based organization is continuing to help the people there recover. GoServ Global executive director, Paul van Gorkom, says one of the big issues now is letting everyone know there is still a lot of work to do...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 31, 2017 | Education, News, Politics & Government
Republicans in the legislature are proposing a $40 million dollar increase in general state spending on public schools for the coming academic year. It’s about half of what Republican Governor Terry Branstad recommended. Republican Representative Walt Rogers of...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 30, 2017 | News, Politics & Government
Republicans in the legislature have sent the governor a bill that trims about 88 million dollars out of the current year’s state budget. State Representative Pat Grassley, a Republican from New Hartford, says the plan is the result of “careful...
by Dar Danielson | Jan 30, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
An overloaded electrical outlet is believed to be the cause of a fatal fire in Des Moines Sunday. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the house on the southeast side of the city and were told by two residents who escaped that another person was still...
by Matt Kelley | Jan 30, 2017 | Crime & Courts, News, Recreation / Entertainment
An eastern Iowa woman who writes crime thrillers is releasing her latest novel tomorrow, called “Killing Jane.” Author Stacy Green, who lives in Marion, says the new book is about Erin Prince, a rookie homicide investigator in Washington D.C. as she...