Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver says based on his own experience, he has no concerns about Iowa college athletes being influenced to change a game's outcome if sports betting is legalized in Iowa. Whitver, a Republican from Ankeny, was a wide receiver for the Iowa State Cyclones from 1999 … [Read more...]
Grain that got wet from flooding can’t be shipped or fed to cattle
As floodwaters slowly fall in many parts of the state, Iowa farmers are getting back onto their properties to survey the damage and to prepare for spring planting, if possible. Iowa State University Extension farm management field specialist Steve Johnson says farmers who had grain in bins will … [Read more...]
Economist: overall flood impact on livestock industries hard to gauge
Closed interstate highways and submerged train tracks are creating challenges for moving grain and livestock. But Mike Steenhoek of the Soy Transportation Coalition says washed-out county bridges and impassable gravel roads are equally important because local infrastructure connects farms to … [Read more...]
ISU study finds your mood will improve if you wish others well
An Iowa State University study finds there's a simple yet powerful way to improve your mood in just minutes. ISU Psychology Professor Douglas Gentile says they sent about 400 students out to walk around campus following one of three instructions: when encountering others, consider either how … [Read more...]
Addressing Iowa college games in sports betting debate
It appears a bill that would legalize and tax sports betting in Iowa may ban bets on individual Iowans playing on college and university teams. Representative Vicki Lensing of Iowa City says there were concerns some athletes might be pressured to miss a free throw or drop a pass in order to secure … [Read more...]
Iowa Senate sends campus free speech bill to House
The Iowa Senate has passed a bill to expand free speech protections at the state's community colleges and public universities. Republican Senator Amy Sinclair of Allerton said students should be allowed to join any campus group they want without the threat of discrimination. "But it is also not … [Read more...]
Regents nominees urged to do more to promote U-I, ISU, UNI
The three men appointed to serve new six-year terms on the board that oversees Iowa's three public universities got bipartisan nudges Monday to be "louder voices" in promoting the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa. Republican Senator Chris Cournoyer of … [Read more...]
ISU expert says roofs should be able to handle snow load
Snow is now piled everywhere across the state and that includes on the top of our homes. An Iowa State University Extension mechanical engineer says you shouldn't have to worry now about that snow causing the roof to collapse. "There are things to watch for, to be concerned about, but overall we … [Read more...]
Research at ISU shows how caffeine moves from mother to baby in womb
Engineers at Iowa State University have used "microfluidic" technology to create a model that can show them how compounds can be passed from a mother to a fetus through the placenta. Project leader Nicole Hashemi says there weren't many studies on the issue, so they started by creating a model of … [Read more...]
Former Iowa Finance Authority Director working at ISU sportings events
The fired director of the Iowa Finance Authority has been working at Iowa State University events. ISU spokesman, John McCarroll issued a statement saying David Jamison is not an employee of the university. McCarroll says the university has a contract with Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC) … [Read more...]