by O. Kay Henderson | Aug 30, 2017 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
Governor Kim Reynolds has named the eight members of a board that will advise the Iowa Department of Public Health as the agency implements Iowa’s newly expanded medical cannabis law. Iowa Department of Public Health director Gerd Clabaugh says his agency is...
by Dar Danielson | Aug 30, 2017 | Crime & Courts, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
All kinds of fundraising efforts have popped up since Hurricane Harvey hit Texas and it’s likely to there will be some scammers who want to take advantage of those looking to help. The spokesman for Iowa’s Attorney General, Geoff Greenwood, says you should...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Aug 30, 2017 | Education, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Two students were among four people hurt in a school bus crash on Tuesday afternoon in southwest Iowa. Authorities say a car driven by 33-year old Jason Hammond, of Atlantic, collided with the bus from the AHST-W School District around 4:15 P.M. Sergeant Jason...
by Matt Kelley | Aug 30, 2017 | News
A teenage bicyclist was hit by a pickup and killed Tuesday evening north of Des Moines in the suburb of Johnston. He’s identified as 13-year-old Ali Hashim of Johnston. Police say Hashim had been riding along busy Merle Hay Road with two friends when he was hit....
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Aug 30, 2017 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Gasoline prices are already rising in Iowa as part of the fallout from Hurricane Harvey as many Houston-area oil refineries are offline, but analysts still aren’t sure how the still-raging storm may impact propane supplies. Paul Ovrom, an ag marketer with the...