The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado struck the northeast Iowa town of McGregor early Wednesday evening. National Weather Service meteorologist Peter Rogers says a damage assessment team from the Weather Service office in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, is in McGregor this morning. “They have been able to determine that an EF1 tornado did go through […]Powered by WPeMatico
New wind power projects are still appearing across the region as Iowa utilities boost the amount of electricity they get from renewable sources. Opposition to those projects is also growing. Lucas Nelsen, a policy program associate with the Center for Rural Affairs, says there are reasons for those objections. “We’re seeing more opponents but that’s […]Powered by WPeMatico
Powerful thunderstorms with winds up to 75-miles an hour blasted across northeast Iowa late Wednesday afternoon. One person is reported hurt. The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Department says 67-year-old Dennis Deal of Waukon was in his barn during chores when high winds blew the barn over. He was taken by ambulance to Veterans Memorial Hospital in […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Kansas woman died during a crash early this morning in western Iowa’s Cass County. Thirty-three-year old Petra Warnick, of Lenexa, died at the scene of the crash that happened at around 1:44 AM on Interstate 80 westbound in the construction area around Exit 57 (Olive Street). The 1999 Pontiac Bonneville Warnick was driving had […]Powered by WPeMatico
A new state law designed to protect Iowa’s county fairs and the state fair from lawsuits about contagious diseases isn’t just about the animals catching illnesses like the bird flu. In other parts of the country lawsuits have been filed after visitors to animal exhibits contracted e-coli infections. Tom Barnes, spokesman for the Association of […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction against a Kossuth County man who shot the man his ex-girlfriend was dating. The shooting happened in Eagle Grove in February of last year. Authorities say Marcos Castaneda of Whittemore shot Hugo Salinas twice, then shot himself. Both men were taken to local hospitals, then transferred […]Powered by WPeMatico
The FBI and Waterloo police coordinated major raids in Waterloo on Wednesday. Guns were swept off the streets of Waterloo. Cars and cash, allegedly the spoils from drug sales, were confiscated. Nineteen people were detained. Waterloo police and federal authorities worked together to conduct the large raid. Waterloo police were seen accompanied by FBI agents. The […]Powered by WPeMatico
A legislator from Sioux City is calling on the Iowa Senate’s GOP leader to step down after a jury awarded $2.2 million to a former aide to Senate Republicans. Kirsten Anderson, the former communications director for Senate Republicans, told the jury she was fired seven hours after she complained to her boss about sexual harassment in […]Powered by WPeMatico
(L-R): Sir Ian McKellen, Warwick Davis - Photo: British Airways(LONDON) -- While most air travelers ignore the in-flight safety film when they fly, British Airways is hoping to change that by enlisting A-List talent to star in their new in-flight video. In conjunction with the charities Comic Relief and the charity Flying Start, no less than Oscar nominees Sir Ian McKellen and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Oscar winner Jim Broadbent, Westworld […]
