Year: 2017

State officials say ammonia used as a refrigerant in a Wells Blue Bunny plant is the likely cause of a fish kill in a small stream near Le Mars. Julie Sievers of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the dead fish were first reported early Thursday morning by a person who’d been on a bike […]Powered by WPeMatico

Former Iowa First Lady Mari Culver has pleaded guilty to being drunk on the last Saturday night of the Iowa State Fair. Iowa State Patrol troopers provide security during the Iowa State Fair and three troopers observed Mari Culver walking through the fair’s Midway late that Saturday night. They reported she was stumbling, weaving and […]Powered by WPeMatico

The Labor Day weekend forecast calls for warm weather and sunny skies for much of Iowa — and it follows a month where the state was generally cooler and drier than usual. State climatologist Harry Hillaker says August wrapped up being unseasonably mild statewide. “Primarily, it was about 3.4 degrees cooler than normal,” Hillaker says. […]Powered by WPeMatico

All kinds of Iowa-based businesses, schools, and organizations are coordinating effort to aid victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. That includes a semitrailer that will be hauled from Orange City, in northwest Iowa, to a suburb of Houston. Unity Christian High School Principal Wayne Dykstra says a parent who owns the truck and trailer offered […]Powered by WPeMatico

A “relic” from Saint John Paul II, the late pope, is making a worldwide pilgrimage and will be the focus of services in five Catholic churches in Iowa next week. The relics of saints are common in the Catholic faith and are generally a small part of the saint’s physical remains. In the case of […]Powered by WPeMatico

The Iowa Department of Human Services reports another baby has been turned over to them under the Safe Haven law. DHS says the baby girl was born on August 21 at an Iowa hospital and then turned over to the department. This is the third time the safe haven law has been used this year. […]Powered by WPeMatico

Eleven Iowa National Guard soldiers and two helicopters are heading to Houston today to aide in hurricane recovery efforts. The two Iowa National Guard helicopters and the crews to run them are being deployed to move supplies, equipment and people around the hurricane zone. The massive Chinook helicopters have two engines, two sets of rotors and […]Powered by WPeMatico