Three Iowa Conference softball teams are nationally ranked as the league race hits the halfway mark this week. Central (4-0) has the early lead and is ranked 14th heading into Wednesday’s doubleheader at home against Buena Vista. Fifth ranked Luther (3-1) sits in second place. The Norse visit Loras on Wednesday while third place and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Poultry farmers in Iowa and across the Midwest continue to follow strict biosecurity practices as they try to prevent a repeat of 2015’s devastating avian influenza (AI) outbreak. Russ Yoder, who raises turkeys near Wayland in southeast Iowa, says biosecurity is a part of everything they do on the farm. “Disinfecting boots all the time, […]Powered by WPeMatico
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is holding a series of public meetings this week to offer updates on the planned operation of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System. Corps spokeswoman Amy Gaskill says today’s meeting is in Omaha/Council Bluffs and it’s open to all. Gaskill says, “Anybody who’s interested in learning more about our […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Cherokee woman has agreed to plead guilty to two charges of reckless driving causing serious injury by motor vehicle after backing out of another plea deal in January. Thirty-year-old Melissa Ebert was the driver in a September, 2015 Plymouth County two vehicle accident that injured Ebert’s passenger and the other driver. Monday’s hearing had […]Powered by WPeMatico
A nurse and her husband sat quietly crying in an Iowa House balcony late last week as a bill inspired by their daughter cleared its final legislative hurdle. Amanda Devereaux of Des Moines contracted a virus known by the initials CMV when she was pregnant. As a result, her 18-month-old daughter Pippa cannot walk, talk or […]Powered by WPeMatico
Getty Images/Gilbert Carrasquillo(NEW YORK) -- Tyrese Gibson is letting single ladies know he's got their back -- and that he applauds them for refusing to settle for just any man. In an interview with BET, the singer-actor said, "I appreciate all the ladies out there that are still single, that are holding out. Don’t settle. Don’t settle." But the Fate of the Furious actor had harsh words for women he believes don't have those high standards. […]
Getty Images/Gilbert Carrasquillo(NEW YORK) -- Tyrese Gibson is letting single ladies know he's got their back -- and that he applauds them for refusing to settle for just any man. In an interview with BET, the singer-actor said, "I appreciate all the ladies out there that are still single, that are holding out. Don’t settle. Don’t settle." But the Fate of the Furious actor had harsh words for women he believes don't have those high standards. […]
ABC/Lou Rocco(LOS ANGELES) -- Last month, Katy Perry and Ryan Phillippe were reportedly interacting with one another at Elton John's 70th birthday party...so of course that means that they're dating one another, right? After a flurry of press reports linking the two romantically, Phillippe was forced to shut the rumors down on Twitter."I AM NOT DATING KATY PERRY," he tweeted. "BARELY KNOW HER. PLEASE STOP FLYING HELICOPTERS OVER MY HOUSE. […]
Marvel - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- In the first teaser-trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, our Asgardian hero isn't in the best shape, right from the start. In the first 30 seconds, we see Chris Hemsworth's Thor all chained up, followed by an exchange with Cate Blanchett's villain, Hela, where she literally catches his mighty hammer in mid air. In fact she crushes it with her bare hand. "Asgard is dead," she later says, laying waste to the city. There's […]
