Year: 2017

The Tyson pork plant in Storm Lake was evacuated early this morning with no injuries after an ammonia leak was discovered. Ryan Thompson reports. The Storm Lake Fire and Police Departments were dispatched shortly after 3 A.M. to investigate a large amount of ammonia leaking on the cut floor of the pork plant. About 230 […]Powered by WPeMatico

Iowa’s two U.S. senators are hosting a send-off reception in Washington D.C. later today for Ambassador Terry Branstad who will leave soon for his new assignment in China. There’s much talk about the potential progress Branstad could bring in relations and trade between our nations, and Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s a believer. Grassley says, […]Powered by WPeMatico

The World Pork Expo will draw thousands of agricultural producers to central Iowa this week. The annual event is being held at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines Wednesday through Friday. Doug Fricke, spokesman for the National Pork Producers Council, says visitors will see hundreds of booths at the world’s largest pork industry-specific trade […]Powered by WPeMatico

In a little more than a week the eyes of the college baseball world will be focused on Omaha as TD Ameritrade Park hosts the College World Series and local organizers are busy getting everything ready in and around the stadium. Kathryn Morrissey is Executive Director of College World Series of Omaha Inc. “We have […]Powered by WPeMatico

Opening statements were given Monday in the defamation lawsuit filed by Beef Products Incorporated against ABC Broadcasting and reporter Jim Avila for news reports that referred to BPI’s lean, finely textured beef as “pink slime.” BPI attorney Dan Webb told the jury that those reports led to BPI losing 75 percent of its business, forcing […]Powered by WPeMatico

Dry weather helped Iowa farmers get a lot of work done in their fields last week. The USDA’s Crop Report issued Monday shows 90 percent of the state’s corn crop has emerged and 77 percent is rated in good to excellent condition. Soybean planting was 91 percent complete as of Sunday. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker […]Powered by WPeMatico

The search committee that will select the new president at Iowa State University met for the first time Monday. The Board of Regents selected the consulting firm AGB Search to help find candidates. AGB’s Jim McCormick says they will be in Iowa through Wednesday and then will be back June 12th through the 14th. He […]Powered by WPeMatico

Legislators on the Governor Oversight Committees in the Iowa House and Senate say they’re ready to consider new ways to protect foster care kids who are adopted. The recent deaths of two teenage girls adopted by foster parents sparked a more than six hour hearing at the statehouse on Monday. Representative Bobby Kaufmann, a Republican […]Powered by WPeMatico