Deer licenses have been on sale for almost one week now and have already sold out in some counties. Iowa Department of Natural Resources spokesman Mick Klemesrud says the number of licenses is about the same with a few adjustments for the number of antlerless licenses available in individual counties. “We had 11 counties where […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Farmers Union will hold listening sessions in three Iowa cities this week that will focus on the Farm Bill, especially preserving the so-called safety net and a strong risk management program. Farmers Union president Aaron Lehman says producers across Iowa are very concerned about those and other issues in the upcoming incarnation of […]Powered by WPeMatico
Many Iowans are taking the day off and heading west or south to see this afternoon’s total eclipse of the sun from Nebraska or Missouri. Much of Iowa will see a partial eclipse as the moon comes between the earth and the sun, but the experience promises to be more spectacular in neighboring states. Jack […]Powered by WPeMatico
Danny Martindale/WireImage(NEW YORK) -- Hollywood stars took to Twitter Sunday to remember legendary comedian and entertainer Jerry Lewis, who died at age 91. Penn and Teller's Penn Jillette was one of the first to tweet the news, writing, "Jerry Lewis just died. When I met him, I [fell] apart, just sobbed. I guess it’s time for that again.” He then tweeted a photo of himself shaking a smiling Lewis' hand, […]
John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Legendary comic, entertainer and humanitarian Jerry Lewis -- whose career spanned nightclubs, movies, TV and Broadway -- has died at age 91, ABC News has confirmed. “Sadly I can confirm that today the world lost one of the most significant human beings of the twentieth century," a rep for Lewis told ABC. Lewis first found fame in the late 1940s and 1950s, […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Monday's total solar eclipse will come to Americans in varying degrees of visual clarity, according to ABC News meteorologists, who say that the clearest skies are likely to appear in the Northwest in cities like San Francisco, Salem and Seattle.New York, and parts of the Tennessee Valley, around Nashville, are also more likely to have unobstructed viewing of the phenomenon.Some cloud cover is expected in parts […]
Chicago Police(CHICAGO) -- The Northwestern University professor and Oxford University financial officer accused of fatally stabbing the professor's boyfriend in a Chicago high-rise allegedly committed the crime as part of a sexual fantasy hatched online, prosecutors said on Sunday.Wyndham Lathem, who was a faculty member at Northwestern's microbiology-immunology department for 10 years, and a second suspect, University of Oxford employee Andrew Warren, were both taken into custody without incident in […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The weekend after a white nationalist rally collapsed into chaos in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to the alleged murder of an anti-racism activist, protests erupted across the country against white supremacy, racism and the presence of Confederate monuments.Boston, Massachusetts Tens of thousands counterprotesting a rally purporting to be about free speech swarmed Boston on Saturday, leading to a few conflicts with police and widespread attention from […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- A number of high-profile charitable organizations have withdrawn fundraising events and galas from President Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, amid growing backlash against the president's response to the deadly violence that broke out in Charlottesville.The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach announced on Saturday that it was pulling out of an event at Mar-a-Lago. "The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach is a nonprofit […]
