Top ranked Lansing Kee showed why it is the favorite in class 1A. The defending champion Kee Hawks tied a tournament record with 18 runs and 23 hits in an 18-1 win over Montezuma. Senior Sydney Strong had two hits and four RBI and her two run double in the top of the second opened […]Powered by WPeMatico
An investigator with the State Fire Marshal’s Office is back in the western Iowa town of Exira today working to determine what caused Friday’s blaze that destroyed four businesses on a city block. Exira Fire Chief Mike Bintner says they weren’t able to get a close look at the scene as small fires are continuing […]Powered by WPeMatico
Four of the state’s health and crime-fighting agencies are issuing a public warning about fake but very dangerous pain killers that have popped up in Iowa. Dr. Edward Bottei of the Poison Control Center in Sioux City says they’re made to look like legitimate pills. “These counterfeit tablets that have been made are containing powerful […]Powered by WPeMatico
There’s been a more than eight percent increase in the number of Iowa high school seniors who’ve completed the forms to determine if they qualify for federal financial aid. Elizabeth Keest Sedrel of the Iowa College Aid Commission is monitoring the data about the “Free Application for Federal Student Aid” — commonly called the FAFSA. “What […]Powered by WPeMatico
Muscatine’s mayor has her day in court today. Why did the Muscatine City Council vote Mayor Diana Broderson out of office? And was her removal constitutional? A district court judge is scheduled to hear testimony about those questions. Broderson, who was elected in November 2015, was ousted May 11 on a 7-to-nothing vote for what […]Powered by WPeMatico
Johnson County is celebrating the two-year anniversary of its community ID program today. It’s the first program of its kind in the Midwest and has issued more than a thousand IDs since it began. Mazahir Salih, of the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, says there’s been a lot of positive feedback. She says […]Powered by WPeMatico
Six Iowa hospitals are being named to the Becker’s Hospital Lists of 62 Critical Hospitals To Know for 2017. Floyd Valley Healthcare of Le Mars and Orange City Health Systems of Orange City made the list. Four other rural Iowa hospitals were also listed. They include: Avera Holy Family Hospital at Estherville, Myrtue Medical Center […]Powered by WPeMatico
The water quality project is expanding in four northwest Iowa counties. Coordinator Kristi Silverthorn says the Deep Creek Water Quality Initiative is designed to help farmers by implementing conservation practices as part of the state’s nutrient reduction strategy. “Our grant got extended to go from July 1st of 2017 to June 30th of 2020,” Silverthorn […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Meservey man will be sentenced next month after being convicted Friday afternoon of kidnapping and torturing his girlfriend. Prosecutors said 41-year-old Charles Albright held a 36-year-old woman captive for 12 to 14 hours on October 7th in Meservey, where she was punched, slammed against a floor, shocked with a stun gun and bitten by […]Powered by WPeMatico
