An Iowa State University science professor has launched a citizen science project — looking for people to help her catalog thousands of species in a collection at northwest Iowa’s lakeside lab. Lori Biederman is looking for people to help transcribe thousands of labels that belong to plant and animal specimens that will then be put […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa forward Joe Wieskamp has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week, it was announced Monday by the conference office. The honor is the second in three weeks for the native of Muscatine, Iowa. Wieskamp (6-foot-6, 205 pounds) helped Iowa knock off fifth-ranked Michigan, 74-59, in Iowa City on Feb. 1, finishing with […]Powered by WPeMatico
A coalition of churches in the Iowa City area is forming a new charitable organization to help fill in gaps in social services. “Hope for Johnson County” is made up of four congregations and will represent hundreds of members. Dan Feigenspan, with High Point City Church, says the goal is to coordinate across the community […]Powered by WPeMatico
Dense fog is being blamed for a multi-vehicle pile-up that killed three people and injured five Sunday morning in southeast Iowa. The state patrol says a semi jacknifed and tipped onto its side, blocking both eastbound lanes of Highway 34 in Henry County west of Mount Pleasant. A minivan and a car came along. Neither […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Drake University professor says the research shows Iowa won’t reap hundreds of millions — or even tens of millions more in gambling taxes if the state legalizes and taxes sports betting within the state’s borders. Keith Miller is an expert on gambling law. “It’s not going to be a ‘cash cow,'” Miller said recently […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowans are used to wild weather extremes in the wintertime but going from balmy highs in the 60s to wind chills of 60 below in the course of several days is radical, even for the Hawkeye State. State climatologist Justin Glisan says the month of January started out quite warm and stayed that way almost […]Powered by WPeMatico
It’s still cold and snowy but organizers of the Iowa Project AWARE campaign are thinking ahead to the steamy days of summer and they’re asking volunteers to mark off their calendars. John Laird, a naturalist with Hamilton County Conservation, says this year’s river clean-up project will be the Boone River in north-central Iowa. Laird says, […]Powered by WPeMatico
A state senator from southeast Iowa wants to adjust the financing for students who attend school outside the district in which they live. It’s called “open enrollment.” For 30 years, Iowa parents have been able to enroll their kids in public school districts outside the one in which they live. Senator Tom Greene, a Republican […]Powered by WPeMatico
The forecast for warmer temperatures Sunday that will melt snow could lead to fog that makes the air quality drop in some areas of the state. DNR air quality specialist John Gering, says we could see a combination of things that lead to the problem. “The water droplets resulting from the higher humidity can kind […]Powered by WPeMatico
