A woman is dead and a man injured following a crash in southwest Iowa Thursday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 4 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 44 and Shelby County road M-16. Officials say the driver of a 2010 Nissan Versa, 58-year-old Nancy Louise Madsen, of Persia, died […]Powered by WPeMatico
A possible drowning is under investigation in north-central Iowa. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday afternoon received a 911 call from Little Wall Lake south of Jewell on the discovery of a body in the lake. When emergency personnel arrived on the scene, they confirmed the subject was dead. The body was taken to […]Powered by WPeMatico
Two Mason City residents are dead after the car they were in crashed following a short chase by law enforcement. The Iowa State Patrol says a pursuit started after a traffic stop shortly before 12:45 Thursday afternoon. The driver of the vehicle lost control, with the vehicle rolling and striking a tree in front of […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa Republicans Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are urging their GOP leader in the U.S. Senate to cancel an upcoming week-long recess in October. Ernst says it’s time for congress to act on tax reform, immigration policy and a health care fix — for starters. “We have so many issues right now, we can’t prioritize […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowans have responded with prayers, joy and tears as they’ve seen a “relic” from a Catholic saint who visited Iowa in 1979. “I walked in and the tears started flowing,” Donna Britt said Thursday as she stood outside St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Des Moines, “because I was there when the pope came to Iowa,” In 1979, […]Powered by WPeMatico
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Former embattled Trump Administration press secretary Sean Spicer is making his late night debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 13 -- a booking that came from Jimmy reaching out to him on Twitter. "[I]f I promise to look AT the camera this time, will you come to my show next week?" Kimmel captioned an apparently older picture of the pair. "It's a deal, does next Wednesday work?" tweeted back Spicer, who only previously […]
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- It's a whole new world for Will Smith as the 48-year-old Oscar nominee steps into the curly shoes of the late Robin Williams, playing Genie in a live-action remake of Aladdin.Smith shared a picture from the set on Wednesday. "We just started shooting Aladdin and I wanted to intro you guys to our new family … Mena Massoud/Aladdin, Naomi Scott/Princess Jasmine, Marwan Kenzari/Jafar, and I’m over […]
Marvel Studios(NEW YORK) -- Marvel Studios has appropriately dubbed today THORS-Day, because it's the day tickets go on sale for the third Thor movie, Thor: Ragnarok. In addition, the studio has released vivid character posters featuring Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett as the villainous Hela, Idris Elba as Heimdall, Tessa Thompson as the heroic warrior Valkyrie, and Mark Ruffalo as the Incredible Hulk. Directed by Taika Waititi, the film will see Thor banished from his home planet of Asgard, which has […]
ABC/Lou Rocco(NEW YORK) -- Arie Luyendyk Jr. is the new Bachelor!Ending weeks of speculation, the race car driver made the announcement on ABC's Good Morning America Thursday morning. "I just kind of went in with an open mind, open heart," Luyendyk said of his decision to become the Bachelor. "It just kind of hit me right now that I'm here."Luyendyk, 35, is no stranger to the Bachelor franchise, having first […]
