Ethanol industry leaders say there will be price, storage and political ramifications if President Trump fails act within the next two weeks — and force oil refineries to blend more ethanol into gasoline. Kelly Nieuwenhuis is president of the board for the Siouxland Energy plant in Sioux Center that has temporarily shut down. Nieuwenhuis this […]Powered by WPeMatico
The top two defenses in the Heart of America Conference race collide in Des Moines on Saturday when Grand View hosts Evangel of Missouri. The seventh ranked Vikings are giving up less than eight points per game and just 78 yards against the run. “That is something we have taken pride in here”, said Grand […]Powered by WPeMatico
The western Iowa town of Hornick plans to use state flood recovery money to build a berm in hopes it will protect the community from future flooding. Eventually, the berm may be capped with a recreational walking trail. Hornick Mayor Scott Mitchell announced Wednesday the town of 220 people got close to $2.1 million from […]Powered by WPeMatico
Hundreds of Iowans will be heading to their nearest state park this weekend, not for recreation but to go to work. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is holding its annual statewide Volunteer Day on Saturday. Todd Coffelt, chief of the DNR’s State Parks Bureau, says volunteers will be tackling all sorts of chores to […]Powered by WPeMatico
The floor of the State Historical Building in Des Moines has served as a landing zone this week for historical airplanes that have hung on the ceiling for decades. Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs spokesman Michael Moraine says the planes are being taken down for renovation work on the building and it’s interesting to see […]Powered by WPeMatico
Sixty years ago this week, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev made his historic visit to the western Iowa farm of Roswell and Elizabeth Garst. To mark the occasion, the Whiterock Conservancy is hosting a daylong celebration Saturday on the lawn of the restored Garst farmhouse in Coon Rapids. Daniel Gudahl, executive director of the conservancy, says […]Powered by WPeMatico
Amy Sussman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- (NOTE NATURE) Of the many jaw-dropping revelations in Demi Moore's new memoir Inside Out is her claim that she took her one-time co-star Jon Cryer's virginity, and her feelings of guilt about it. However, the Supergirl star Cryer just responded -- in the most gracious and self deprecating way possible -- that Moore isn't correct. The pair starred together in the 1984 movie No Small […]
ABC/Heidi Gutman(LOS ANGELES) -- While season 28 of Dancing with the Stars rolls on, it does so without Charlie Sheen. The former Two and a Half Men star confirms to Us that he was to compete this season, but ultimately walked away. "I was very flattered by ABC and their offer, but at the end of the day, I have two left feet and I just can't dance," Sheen says. […]
ABC/Matthias Clamer(NEW YORK) -- As S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in The Avengers, Cobie Smulders has worn head-to-toe "superhero leather," and when she hits the red carpet in real life, she's usually dressed to the nines. That's why she loves her character in ABC's new show Stumptown. Despite the fact that the series is based on a graphic novel, her character Dex -- a war veteran-turned-private eye -- doesn't wear what […]
