iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- For some, the second Monday in October is a celebration of Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer who came to the Americas. For others, it's an opportunity to critically examine Columbus's legacy and celebrate the people who lived here long before his arrival as part of Indigenous Peoples Day.Columbus Day is an observation of the anniversary of the explorer's arrival on an island in what is now the […]
iStock/Thinkstock(BILOXI, Miss.) -- Hurricane Nate sped through the Gulf Coast overnight as a Category 1 storm, knocking out power for more than 100,000 customers across the region and causing scattered flooding, but it was not as devastating as they expected and quickly lost force as it moved inland.The first hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi since Katrina in 2005 was a tropical depression by the time it pushed northward into […]
An actor who won an Emmy for portraying Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” will be the keynote speaker at the Iowa Democratic Party’s fall fundraising banquet. Alec Baldwin was last month’s winner of the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy series. He’s a long-time supporter of Democrats. Troy Price, the chairman of the […]Powered by WPeMatico
A review of the admissions at the University of Iowa Hospitals shows a big increase in the number of injuries from fireworks during the first legal period for their purchase this past June and July. The University of Iowa Injury Prevention and Research Center conducted the review along with the surgical center, where doctor Ann […]Powered by WPeMatico
Three state employees are providing temporary help to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Governor Kim Reynolds says FEMA has been “stretched thin” due to the hurricanes and wildfires that have struck “more than a dozen states,” so three officials from the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management are being deployed to assist in […]Powered by WPeMatico
The annual Iowa Summit on Justice & Disparities opens Tuesday at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny. Iowa NAACP president Betty Andrews started the summit after becoming concerned about the number of African Americans in Iowa prisons. “At that time African Americans were 13.6 times more likely to be incarcerated or caught up in the […]Powered by WPeMatico
The annual Iowa Summit on Justice & Disparities opens Tuesday at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny. Iowa NAACP president Betty Andrews started the summit after becoming concerned about the number of African Americans in Iowa prisons. “At that time African Americans were 13.6 times more likely to be incarcerated or caught up in the […]Powered by WPeMatico
A baby drowned in an apparent accident in rural southeast Iowa Sunday. A release from the Mahaska County Sheriff’s office states the one-year-baby drowned in a farm pond near Leighton. Crews were sent to the rural home around 3 p.m. and found family members performing CPR. The State Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy, […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Big 12 Conference announced today that Iowa State senior linebacker Joel Lanning and senior quarterback Kyle Kempt were named Big 12 Defensive and Offensive Players of the Week, respectively. Lanning was sensational in Iowa State’s 38-31 upset win over No. 3 Oklahoma in Norman on Saturday. Playing on both sides of the ball, Lanning […]Powered by WPeMatico
