The man who oversees the annual DNR roadside pheasant survey says the numbers taken last month showed a 30% decline in pheasant population — but that doesn’t match all the other information that’s come in on the popular game bird. DNR Wildlife biologist Todd Bogenschutz says the disparity in reports is simply a matter of […]Powered by WPeMatico
ABC News(HOUSTON) -- A Houston teen whose home was flooded by Harvey said her family could face further devastation if President Trump ends the DACA program for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.Yazmin Medrano, 15, came to the United States with her family when she was 5 years old and just applied for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows undocumented immigrants brought to the country […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As parts of the U.S. continue to recover from the effects of Harvey, Hurricane Irma is gradual strengthening as it moves west. Irma remains a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour. As of Sunday night, it was located 760 miles east of the Leeward Islands and moving west at 14 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane watches […]
iStock/Thinkstock(PHILADELPHIA) -- A 29-year-old suspect has been charged with murder after police in Philadelphia found a body presumed to be of Jenna Burleigh, a 22-year-old Temple University student who had been missing since Thursday, in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The body was found in Paupack Township on Saturday, and officials believed it was transported from Philadelphia to Jenkintown and then to Wayne County. Burleigh was seen on video leaving a bar […]
Russian Foreign Ministry(WASHINGTON) -- Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs blasted America's seizure of three Russian diplomatic posts on Sunday, calling the actions an "outrageous move" that the country treats as "a blatantly hostile act," while releasing videos of what it is calling "illegal actions."The seizures of the properties, which took place Saturday at Russia's consulate in San Francisco and trade offices in Washington D.C. and New York, are part of […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott praised the federal government for its assistance to southeast Texas in the wake of historic flooding from Harvey, but cautioned, “We have a lot more work to do.”“I'll tell you, the results have led to more lives being saved, a quicker response, a more effective response to this stage. But one thing we all know is we have a lot more work […]
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey has been nominated to serve in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. On Friday evening, the White House announced President Trump’s decision and, if confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Northey will serve as the USDA’s undersecretary for farm production and conservation. In mid-May, Northey told Radio Iowa he was “very […]Powered by WPeMatico
A man has died in an early Sunday morning shooting in Fort Dodge. The man was found near the city’s “Mini Park” which has basketball courts and playground equipment. When officers arrived shortly after 3:30 a.m., they located a man who had sustained a gunshot wound lying in the roadway at the intersection of 10th […]Powered by WPeMatico
Hundreds of hogs were killed in a hog confinement fire in Delaware County near Ryan on Friday morning. The Ryan Fire Department was called to the fire around 7:30 a.m. They say the hog confinement building was a total loss, with several hundred hogs dying in the fire. The fire department did not release further […]Powered by WPeMatico
