File photo. (iStock/Thinkstock)(HARPURSVILLE, N.Y.) -- The calf whose birth captured the internet’s attention has been given a name: Tajiri.The name of April the giraffe’s calf was announced Monday on Good Morning America by Jordan Patch, the owner of Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York.“Tajiri is a word in Swahili that means hope,” Patch said. “The name also stands for confidence, which our calf is -- very, very confident.” […]
Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds today said “the law is on her side” and she is likely to name a new lieutenant governor when she becomes governor. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, a Democrat, issued a formal legal opinion this afternoon that concludes Reynolds does not have the authority to select a replacement when Governor Branstad resigns and she […]Powered by WPeMatico
A jail inmate stole a sheriff’s deputy’s gun and used it to kill one deputy and wound another in western Iowa Monday. It happened shortly before 11 a.m. as the inmate was being unloaded from a transport van back into the Pottawattamie County Jail. Sheriff Jeff Danker says the inmate assaulted the two deputies and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has injected new uncertainty into the transition when Governor Terry Branstad leaves and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds becomes governor. According to Miller, Reynolds does not have the authority to name a new lieutenant governor. “I struggled with this,” Miller said during a news conference in his office this afternoon. But […]Powered by WPeMatico
A relatively new restaurant in northwest Iowa has won the title of the state’s “Best Burger” for 2017. The annual contest is run by the Iowa Beef Industry Council and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association. Smokin’ Hereford BBQ in Storm Lake was announced as this year’s winner today. Natalie Schumann is the front-of-house manager for the […]Powered by WPeMatico
The DCI is investigating the death of a man in Milford who exchanged gunfire with police. Milford police were called to a domestic disturbance at a residence around nine o’clock last night. Officers say a man fired several shots at them and one officer fired back as they moved away to safety. Police tried unsuccessfully […]Powered by WPeMatico
May weather is starting out bucking the norm in Iowa with unseasonably cold temperatures and light snow in parts of northern Iowa. State climatologist Harry Hillaker says April was also a month of unusual extremes as the state saw temperatures range from as low as 20 degrees to well into the 80s. There were six […]Powered by WPeMatico
The director of the Iowa Department of Education said his agency will start developing guidelines for computer science, at all grade levels. Ryan Wise will convene a “working group” at the end of this month to tackle issues like how best to teach computer skills to kids in the early elementary grades. “In addition, the […]Powered by WPeMatico
The board that oversees the three state universities met by telephone today to select new leaders. Mike Richards of West Des Moines was elected the new president of the Iowa Board of Regents. Regent Sherry Bates of Scranton made the nomination and it was seconded by Regent Rachael Johnson of Sioux City. Regent Larry McKibbon then […]Powered by WPeMatico
