An Iowa football player is tackling much more than X’s, O’s, and school work this season. Senior offensive lineman Dalton Furgeson and his girlfriend, Rachael, became parents to twin girls last month. Ella and Hazel were born five weeks premature. After spending a lot of time in the UI Children’s Hospital, Ferguson told KCRG-TV that […]Powered by WPeMatico
A caravan of around 7,000 Central America refugees continues through southern Mexico on its way to the United States to seek asylum. Some U.S. Officials say they aren’t convinced everyone in the group is seeking asylum and President Donald Trump may send our military to the border to deal with the large number of migrants. […]Powered by WPeMatico
Democrats say there’s nothing Republican lawmakers can say to convince them changes in public employee pension aren’t just around the corner if Republicans retain control of the governor’s office and state legislature. Danny Homan is president of AFSCME Council 61 which represents the greatest share of state workers who are union members — workers who get a pension […]Powered by WPeMatico
More than 31-million Americans will spend a half-million dollars this month on Halloween costumes, not for themselves, but for their dogs and cats. Pam Wiese, spokeswoman for the Humane Society in Omaha/Council Bluffs, urges Iowans who plan on putting their pet into a costume to use common sense. “Make sure that it fits them appropriately […]Powered by WPeMatico
A ticket purchased in South Carolina won the Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday’s drawing — while the Iowa Lottery says four tickets purchased in Iowa came within one number of getting a share of the prize. The jackpot finished just shy of a world record at $1.54 billion dollars. Iowa Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s Republican governor rallied with a crowd of supporters early this morning inside a West Des Moines restaurant. “Governor Kim Reynolds!” Iowa Senate President Charles Schneider yelled as he stood in the restaurant’s entryway, concluding his introduction and drawing cheers. Reynolds climbed on top of a chair to offer her rebuttal to Democratic rival Fred […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa DNR has confirmed that there are invasive zebra mussels in Lost Island Lake near Ruthven in Palo Alto County. The DNR’s Kim Bogenschutz says they periodically take water samples at lakes looking for young zebra mussels called veligers. She says they didn’t find any in the July sample, but found some in the […]Powered by WPeMatico
State health officials are issuing a call to action for lead poisoning prevention awareness to decrease childhood exposure. Kevin Officer, community health consultant at the Iowa Department of Public Health, says 60,000 to 70,000 Iowa kids are tested for lead every year and as many as 10% are found to have high lead levels in […]Powered by WPeMatico
Thirteen days remain before the election and the two leading candidates for governor are embarking on statewide tours with remarkably similar branding. It’s the “Get Iowa Growing” bus tour for Democrat Fred Hubbell, which started yesterday, versus the “Keep Iowa Moving” or “KIM” tour for Republican Kim Reynolds that starts today. On Tuesday afternoon, Hubbell […]Powered by WPeMatico
