The man accused of killing two Des Moines-area police officers last year has admitted to the shootings. Scott Michael Greene, at a court hearing this morning , withdrew a not guilty plea submitted back in December. The 46-year-old Greene, who is from Urbandale, then pleaded guilty to the November 2, 2016 ambush-style shooting deaths of Urbandale […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s unemployment rate for April remained at 3.1 percent. “It’s absolutely status quo,” according to Cory Kelly, a spokesman for Iowa Workforce Development. Kelly says there are very few hints as to what long-term trends may be in Iowa’s economy, but the state is CLOSE to “full employment.” “We’re very close,” Kelly says.” Globally, economists […]Powered by WPeMatico
An actor who starred on TV’s “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” is in Iowa this weekend to appear at the Wizard World Comic Con in Des Moines. James Marsters played a vampire villian named Spike who was originally going to be staked into dust after a few episodes of “Buffy,” but quickly developed such a fan […]Powered by WPeMatico
Earnings at Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer are bouncing back. Deere & Company’s second-quarter earnings increased 62 percent from the same quarter a year ago. That ended 12 consecutive quarters of earning declines. For the quarter ending April 30th, the Moline, Illinois-based company posted earnings of more than $802 million or $2.49 per share. That compares […]Powered by WPeMatico
Orange City’s 77th annual Tulip Festival is underway in the northwest Iowa city. The executive director with the Orange City Chamber of Commerce, Mike Hofman, says they’ve had good crowds the first two days despite some rain. He says festival organizers are hoping for sunnier weather, but are ready to handle anything. He says they […]Powered by WPeMatico
The longtime band director of a northwestern Iowa high school is retiring this month and his band’s final march could set a new world’s record. Steve Connell is in his last days as director of the Pride of the Dutchmen Marching Band at MOC-Floyd Valley Senior High School in Orange City. At this weekend’s tulip […]Powered by WPeMatico
ABC - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes are feeling the gravity of remaking Dirty Dancing 30 years after it hit theaters, and a lot of that pressure is coming from close friends and family. "One of my best friends ... she was like, 'If you don't do a good job, I will kill you,'" Breslin told ABC News. Prattes, who is stepping in for the late Patrick Swayze in the film, added that he got […]
CBS/ Terence Patrick - ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.(LOS ANGELES) -- Tonight on The Late Late Show with James Corden, we'll see the first "Carpool Karaoke" of 2017: it'll be with Harry Styles, who's been Corden's guest all week. But Monday, we'll see Katy Perry belting out her hits in the car with James -- and he says he helped her make an important decision while they were filming it.Corden tells […]
ABC/Randy Holmes(DETROIT) -- Singer Chris Cornell's cause of death has been ruled a "hanging by suicide," according to a statement from the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office in Detroit. "The cause of death has been determined as hanging by suicide," the official statement reads. "A full autopsy report has not yet been completed. There is no additional information at this time." Cornell's wife called a family friend to check on […]
