by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 31, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The rise and fall of the Mississippi River is cited as the cause of a highway washout, that claimed the life of a northeast Iowa man. Shortly after four A.M. Tuesday, 59-year-old James Walleser of Lansing was driving east on Highway 82, headed from Lansing, Iowa to...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 31, 2017 | Crime & Courts, News
A Mason City man is wanted in connection with a stabbing on Tuesday afternoon. The Mason City Police Department says an arrest warrant has been issued for 20-year-old Braedon Bowers on a charge of attempted murder. Police were called to a home shortly before 3:35 P.M....
by O. Kay Henderson | May 31, 2017 | News, Politics & Government
The long-time director of the Iowa Department of Human Services is retiring. Seventy-eight-year-old Charles Palmer has led the department for nearly 17 years. His final day at the agency will be June 16th. Democratic lawmakers have been questioning Palmer’s...
by O. Kay Henderson | May 31, 2017 | Business, News
Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company is selling its central Iowa distribution center in Waukee and expanding into a vacant building on the south side of Des Moines. “We would fit about five of the Waukee facilities inside the building on the south side,”...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 31, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Three Marshalltown children — ages 9, 11 and 13 — rescued their dad after a shed collapsed on top of him Tuesday. Authorities say Matt Gannaway was struck by a shed as his children were helping out. He was knocked out as a result. The children helped call...