A spokesman for the Iowa DNR, Mick Klemesrude says the sale of fishing licenses was down a bit in 2018. “I think if you look back we had kind of a really strange spring where I think we had snow all the way into middle April,” Klemesrude says. “And when you have some of those […]Powered by WPeMatico
A new mobile app created by the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) helps retailers determine the age of customers attempting to purchase alcohol, tobacco, and vapor products. ABD spokesman, Jake Holmes, says the app replaces the low-tech device that was once the common tool. “We used to send out age-to-purchase calendars to retailers — like […]Powered by WPeMatico
Fred Hubbell, the Iowa Democratic Party’s nominee for governor last year, is recovering from serious but not life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike. The accident happened in Arizona Friday afternoon. A family spokesman says a motorist ran a red light and struck Hubbell, fracturing Hubbell’s pelvis. Hubbell has […]Powered by WPeMatico
A pilot program in its first year at Big Creek State Park near Des Moines is using black locust trees as a raw material for hand-crafting wooden log chairs. Iowa DNR park manager Chad Kelchen says the trees are considered an invasive species so it’s a bonus to be able to make use of them […]Powered by WPeMatico
An Iowa nurse has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing pain pills from his patients. Fifty-eight-year-old James Allen Moorehead of Mason City admits that in 2016 and 2017 — while he worked at Franklin General Hospital in Hampton — he stole prescription pain meds from his patients and faked entries on patient […]Powered by WPeMatico
A 61-year-old contractor from Algona who was also a housing inspector has been sentenced to probation for putting workers at risk of exposure to asbestos. Steven Weaver bought the former Kossuth County Home in Algona in 2013, with plans to turn it into an apartment building. An EPA agent searched the property in 2014 and […]Powered by WPeMatico
The weekend’s winter weather is blamed in at least three deaths in the state. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office says a car went out of control on Highway 14 on Sunday afternoon, crossed the center line and collided with a semi. Both people in the car were killed. Deputies say the area had gotten about […]Powered by WPeMatico
It’s still not known what caused a weekend house fire in southeast Iowa that left a young boy dead. When Oskaloosa firefighters arrived at the home on Friday night, they were told seven-year-old David Fogle was trapped in the basement. The boy’s mother, Angelia Wells, had tried to get to him, unsuccessfully, and was badly […]Powered by WPeMatico
Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar hit the Iowa campaign trail this weekend. “It is wonderful to be back in Mason City on a wonderful sunny day,” Klobuchar said Saturday before joking: “I left my snow globe behind.” Klobuchar kicked off her campaign for the White House eight days ago with an outdoor speech in her […]Powered by WPeMatico
