An Indonesian teenager who’s attending school in Iowa is watching her home fall apart halfway around the world. Siti Nurhaliza Abd. Kadir , Liza to her friends, is a foreign exchange student at Mid-Prairie High School in Wellman. The 17-year-old told KCRG-TV it’s painful to be nearly 9,000 miles away from her family in Palu […]Powered by WPeMatico
President Trump is due to speak at a rally in Council Bluffs next Tuesday and is expected to announce the EPA will allow year-round sales of gasoline with a higher blend of ethanol. Republican Congressman Steve King says the EPA shouldn’t set any blending limits. “Let’s not say E15. Let’s go beyond that. I don’t […]Powered by WPeMatico
An Iowan buried overseas as an unknown soldier for over 70 years is coming home. Army Private Donald Brown of Thompson was killed in World War II on July 28, 1944. Iowa National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Michael Wunn says research found Brown, who was 24 at the time of his death, was buried at an […]Powered by WPeMatico
The 11th annual Iowa Mission of Mercy (IMOM) free dental clinic is on the western side of the state this year in Sioux City. Dentist Richard Hettinger says all the patients will be treated in the Tyson Events Center. “We’ve got a hundred dental chairs set up on the surface that normally has ice on […]Powered by WPeMatico
Republican Senator Joni Ernst says she’s still hopeful a group of negotiators can agree on a new Farm Bill, but she says that may not happen until after next month’s election. Ernst is the only Iowan on the congressional committee trying to come up with a compromise. The 2014 Farm Bill expired September 30. Congress […]Powered by WPeMatico
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley today said the drama surrounding Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court shows partisan warfare in congress has hit “almost rock bottom.” “This started downhill very quickly, on about July the 10th,” Grassley said this afternoon. “…You can look back 87 days and you can see that everything but whether he’s qualified […]Powered by WPeMatico
Des Moines Police have identified the city’s 10th homicide victim of 2018. Police say 42-year-old Thurmon Cole of Des Moines died at a hospital after he was shot early this morning on the city’s north side. Officers found Cole after responding to a call around 2:25 a.m. to an apartment building. They’ve not announced any […]Powered by WPeMatico
A north central Iowa truck stop that opened as Interstate 35 was being built through Iowa will end its operations this month. The owner of the “Boondocks” Bob Welch and his wife Min told their 28 employees of the decision to close. “Opened the fifth of June of ’73 when the interstate ended here for […]Powered by WPeMatico
It began as a wager of a live hog between the governors of Iowa and Minnesota prior to the 1935 game and it has become one of the most recognizable traveling trophies in college football. Iowa visits Minnesota on Saturday and the winner claims the Floyds of Rosedale. “I think we play for the best […]Powered by WPeMatico
