A Fort Dodge man died of injuries from a motorcycle accident Monday morning. The victim is identified as 27-year-old Kevin Michehl. Authorities say the motorcycle operated by Michehl was traveling northbound on Oleson Park Avenue in Fort Dodge when it struck a parked car and Michehl was ejected from the motorcycle. Michehl was pronounced dead at the accident […]Powered by WPeMatico
A new study ranks Iowa as the nation’s 13th most obese state, with 32% of the population now considered in that category of being extremely overweight. A central Iowa woman credits a food addiction program with helping her to drop nearly 50 pounds to stop abusing food and begin living a more fulfilling life. Using […]Powered by WPeMatico
Pickets and walk-outs are being held in nearly 350 cities across the country, including a few in Iowa, on this Labor Day to show support for raising the minimum wage. Workers at a Burger King that’s a couple of blocks from the state capitol in Des Moines went on strike at about midnight, a crowd […]Powered by WPeMatico
Class 4A 1. Dowling Catholic (2-0), LW #1 vs #3 Valley 2. Iowa City West (2-0), LW #2 @ #8 Cedar Falls 3. WDM Valley (2-0), LW #3 @ #1 Dowling 4. Cedar Rapids Prairie (2-0), LW #4 vs Clinton 5. Johnston (2-0), LW #5 vs Urbandale 6. Lewis Central (2-0), LW #6 @ Sioux […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Davenport-based hospital chain is seeing such success with its employee fitness program, it will soon be marketed to health care systems nationwide. Stacia Carroll, health promotion manager for Genesis Health System, says the Naturally Slim program targets obesity and what’s known as metabolic syndrome. Carroll says, “We rolled it out to employees in 2009 […]Powered by WPeMatico
Mothers from across the region will be gathering for a rally in Omaha-Council Bluffs later this month. It’s being called the Mom’s March for America. Kimberly Fletcher is the founder and president of Homemakers for America, the event’s main sponsor. Fletcher says you don’t need to go to Washington D.C. for your voice to be […]Powered by WPeMatico
A study conducted at Iowa State University suggests a police officer’s ability to identify someone carrying a gun or bomb is only slightly better than chance. Lead author Dawn Sweet directs ISU’s Body Language and Facial Expressions Lab. Sweet says police need more tools and evidence based training to identify someone might may be concealing […]Powered by WPeMatico
Sioux City’s 185th Air Refueling Wing has gotten back the first tanker aircraft that has been upgraded with the latest digital cockpit instruments. Lieutenant Colonel Shawn Streck, 185th Maintenance Commander, says the instrument panel replacement program known as the “block 45” replaces most of the remaining analog gauges in the cockpit of the aging KC-135 […]Powered by WPeMatico
The president of the North Carolina based company that’s building a pork processing plant in north-central Iowa is providing an update on the $240 million project. Ron Prestage says a lot of work this summer was done “below ground” on the site in southern Wright County. “We’ve already dug one of the two wells,” Prestage said. […]Powered by WPeMatico
