The chairman, president and CEO of Boeing was in northwest Iowa yesterday for the grand opening of the Sioux County Regional Airport. Dennis Muilenberg is a native of Sioux Center. “We’re the largest builder of commercial airplanes in the world,” Muilenberg said to a crowd of about 800. “This year we’ll build more than 800 large […]Powered by WPeMatico
Authorities in St. Joseph, Missouri arrested a man on Wednesday who’s wanted in connection with a death of a woman in Webster City in September. Thirty-two-year-old Zachary Nelson Bassett is charged with first-degree murder. Webster City police on September 22 were dispatched to an apartment after Bassett called and reported his girlfriend, 50-year-old Andrea Sokolowski […]Powered by WPeMatico
The executive director of a group which provides school safety training says districts are overlooking a key area where student deaths could be prevented. Michael Dorn of Safe Havens International says accidents in parking lots are the biggest danger to students. “In 1998 to 2013 we had 525 people hit and killed in the parking […]Powered by WPeMatico
The winner of the largest-ever lottery prize claimed in Iowa is giving a big chunk of money to an organization that helps wounded veterans. Lerynee West collected a lump sum payment of a little more than $198 million after her ticket matched all the numbers in the October 27th Powerball drawing. The 51-year-old West, who […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowans elected Joni Ernst to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and her GOP colleagues have just elected her vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference. It’s the first time since 2010 that a woman has been elected by her fellow Republicans to serve in a leadership role in the senate. “I think it’s long overdue,” […]Powered by WPeMatico
Whatever the weather, Iowa’s highways will be humming with heavy traffic next weekend as people head off to be with loved ones and to share a Thanksgiving feast. Nick Jarmusz, spokesman for AAA-Iowa, says they’re forecasting a near 5% boost in travel for the long holiday weekend, what promises to be the busiest Thanksgiving since 2005. […]Powered by WPeMatico
Hundreds of Drake University students rallied on campus today in response to a couple of recent racist incidents. Robo-calls from an Idaho-based white supremacist group were made to students earlier this week. Those were followed by a threatening note that was slipped under a student’s dorm room door. Sophomore Manasi Singh from Clive says the […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s two United States Senators will have new leadership roles in the Senate in 2019. Republican Chuck Grassley has been a member of the United States Senate since January of 1981. It means when the calendar turns over to 2019, Grassley will be Republican with the longest tenure in the senate. Because of that seniority, Grassley will become […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowans who are motivated to give blood after they hear about mass shootings have good instincts, but a study finds it’s a largely unnecessary gesture. Study co-author Justin Nix, a criminology professor at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, says a significant amount of the blood donated after a mass casualty event — like the 2017 Las […]Powered by WPeMatico
