Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company is selling its central Iowa distribution center in Waukee and expanding into a vacant building on the south side of Des Moines. “We would fit about five of the Waukee facilities inside the building on the south side,” Kirk Tyler, the company’s chairman and CEO, told Radio Iowa this morning. This […]Powered by WPeMatico
Three Marshalltown children — ages 9, 11 and 13 — rescued their dad after a shed collapsed on top of him Tuesday. Authorities say Matt Gannaway was struck by a shed as his children were helping out. He was knocked out as a result. The children helped call 911 and also lifted the shed and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Twenty members of the Iowa State University tractor pull team will take part in an international competition this week in Peoria, Illinois, using a quarter-size tractor they built from scratch. ISU student Matthew Streit, of Gowrie, is president of the Cyclone Power Pullers. Streit says their tractor is small but mighty — and rather complicated. […]Powered by WPeMatico
Students at Sioux City West High School used red-colored sand Tuesday outside the school to call attention to human trafficking. Sophomore Sara Waldner organized the school’s participation in the “Red Sand Project” with the Siouxland Coalition Against Human Trafficking. “I was just amazed that people can do this to each other,” Waldner says, “How do […]Powered by WPeMatico
A woman who served eight years as Iowa’s secretary of agriculture has formed a new group to find out which “progressive” economic messages “resonate” in rural Iowa. “I’m am not running for political office of any kind. This is just simply something that I think is important and something that is very interesting to me,” […]Powered by WPeMatico
Getty Images/Bobby Bank(INDIANA) -- In a statement obtained by ABC News, authorities said Happy Days actress Erin Moran likely died from cancer at her Indiana home last month. The joint statement posted to Facebook on Monday by the Harrison County Sheriff's Department and Harrison County Coroner's Office said autopsy results show that the 56-year-old actress, whose legal name was Erin Moran-Fleischman, had stage 4 cancer. Although toxicology test results are still pending, the statement added that […]
Getty Images/Bobby Bank(LOS ANGELES) -- Olivia Newton-John is a breast cancer survivor who has been cancer free since 1992. However, her rep confirms to ABC News that the disease has returned, 25 years later. A message on Olivia's official website explains that the back pain Olivia she'd been suffering, which caused her to postpone the first part of her current tour, has been revealed to be breast cancer that has metastasized to her […]
ABC/Ida Mae Astute(LOS ANGELES) -- Mahershala Ali admits he owes a large part of his current to success to his time on House of Cards. The actor, who's leaving the Netflix political drama, says he's "extremely grateful" for his role on the hit series, but believes he had move on to in order to "fulfill my own dreams and aspirations as an actor."Ali, who won an Oscar this year for […]
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Emmy Rossum wed her longtime boyfriend Sam Esmail in New York City Sunday. The actress revealed the nuptials herself with a photo on her Instagram of her and Esmail exchanging vows. The nuptials were held inside New York City's Central Synagogue, according to People magazine. Rossum's Shameless co-stars attended the festivities, the mag added, including William H. Macy. Also Rami Malek, star of Esmail's […]
