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Governor signs Iowa Renewable Fuels Standard into law

May 17, 2022 By O. Kay Henderson

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that will significantly expand the number of Iowa gas stations that sell E15 -- fuel that has a 15% ethanol blend. "This historic bill makes Iowa the first state in the nation to adopt an E15 standard, setting the stage for the single largest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt, Top Story Tagged With: Corn & Soybeans, Democratic Party, Ethanol, Kim Reynolds, Legislature, Republican Party

Jury returns guilty verdict in shooting death of State Trooper

May 16, 2022 By Dar Danielson

The jury took less than three hours today to reach a verdict in the trial of 42-year-old Michael Lang of Grundy Center. Lang was accused of shooting and killing Sergeant Jim Smith during a standoff last April. Judge Joel Dalrymple read the verdict sheet. "In the District Court for Grundy County … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News, Top Story Tagged With: Iowa Highway Patrol

A haboob, a dust storm black out, hits northwest Iowa

May 13, 2022 By O. Kay Henderson

An intense dust storm called a haboob hit northwest Iowa in the Little Rock area late yesterday, causing a temporary black out due to the amount of dust in the air. According to the Arizona Republic, the word to describe this weather phenomenon was first used in the United States in 1972. "It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Top Story, Weather

Summit has easements for 20% of carbon pipeline route through Iowa

May 5, 2022 By Radio Iowa Contributor

A project manager for the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline says the company has about 20 percent of the voluntary easements from landowners they would need to complete the pipeline route through Iowa. Kylie Kretz spoke at this week's meeting of the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors. "Right now, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt, Top Story Tagged With: Legislature

Morel mushroom hunters on hold without warmer conditions

May 3, 2022 By Radio Iowa Contributor

Cold, windy spring days have left Iowa's morel mushroom harvest delayed. By this date, mushroom hunters are typically thick in forested areas collecting the delicacies that only appear for a short time every spring. Matt Moles is park manager for the Iowa DNR's Waubonsie State Park in Fremont … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Outdoors, Top Story Tagged With: Department of Natural Resources

Trinity Health aquiring all MercyOne health properties

April 19, 2022 By Dar Danielson

Michigan-based nonprofit Trinity Health has announced an agreement to acquire all MercyOne health care facilities in Iowa. MercyOne CEO Bob Brits says National Catholic Health Systems came together in Iowa in 1998 to pull together their ministries to improve access and availability of health care … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health / Medicine, News, Top Story

Field of Dreams site developer wants to bid on state baseball, softball tournaments

April 15, 2022 By Dar Danielson

The chief operating officer of the group which now owns the Field of Dreams movie site says the plans they have announced for development there will not take away from the past and future memories. The Thursday announcement of an $80 million investment by "Go the Distance Baseball" has generated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Recreation / Entertainment, Top Story Tagged With: Baseball, Softball

Governor gets bill targeting Iowa bars deemed ‘public safety nuisance’

April 15, 2022 By O. Kay Henderson

The legislature has sent the governor a bill that gives local officials a shot at getting a temporary court order to immediately shut down bars that are the site of frequent fights and gunfire. The bill would let city and county attorneys sue a bar for creating a public safety nuisance and get a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt, Top Story Tagged With: Kim Reynolds, Legislature

Governor says state had no choice but to close Glenwood Resource Center

April 13, 2022 By O. Kay Henderson

Governor Kim Reynolds says based on the federal investigation of problems at the state-run facility in Glenwood that provides residential care for Iowans with intellectual and developmental disabilities -- closure was really the only choice left to state officials. "This was a really, really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt, Top Story Tagged With: Kim Reynolds

Three people charged in connection with theft of Iowa church bell

April 6, 2022 By Radio Iowa Contributor

A church bell stolen last month from the property of a church in southwest Iowa is believed to have been destroyed. Three suspects in the case have been arrested. A 400-pound bell that’s been in existence since the late 1880’s was torn from bolts mounting it to two brick pillars near the entrance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News, Top Story

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