An employee was injured in a fire at a northwest Iowa motorcycle plant last night. Spirit Lake Fire Chief Pat Daly says the initial call — about an explosion at the Polaris Industries plant — came in around 9:30 p.m. “An explosion in the paint kitchen and there were multiple alarms that followed,” Daly says, […]Powered by WPeMatico
The latest U.S.D.A. report on Iowa crop conditions indicates the harvest will soon begin in earnest. Twenty-eight percent of Iowa’s corn crop was rated “mature” by last Friday. That’s a week ahead of the five-year average. The state’s soybean crop is nearing maturity, too — about five days ahead of the average according to the […]Powered by WPeMatico
Waterloo police are investigating a pair of Monday night shootings that left one person dead, another injured. The fatal shooting occurred around 9:45 p.m. at a home at 84 Ricker Street on the city’s east side. Police say when officers arrived, they located a female victim suffering from a gunshot wound. She was later pronounced […]Powered by WPeMatico
Ankeny-based convenience store chain Casey’s saw a 30% increase in earnings for each share in the first quarter of this fiscal year. CEO Terry Handley talked about the results during a conference call today. “The results were primarily driven by operating 105 more stores stronger fuel margins from the first quarter last year, reductions of […]Powered by WPeMatico
The man who prompted schools and medical facilities in Oelwein to be locked down last Friday is now in custody. Fayette County sheriff’s officials say 28-year-old Emilio Torres of Oelwein turned himself into authorities without incident on Monday. His arrest ended a three-day search that involved multiple agencies. The incident that triggered the search for […]Powered by WPeMatico
A state investigation has identified more than $577,000 worth of improper transactions involving a long-time employee of two eastern Iowa communities. In May of last year, Joel McCubbin was placed on paid leave from his jobs working for the City of Long Grove as well as the Water and Sanitary District for the City of Park […]Powered by WPeMatico
Administrators of an eastern Iowa school district are considering new safety measures after a recent shooting attempt. Police say a 12-year-old student at North Scott Junior High in Eldridge pulled a gun on a teacher and tried to fire but the safety was on, disabling the gun. Superintendent Joe Stutting says he’s rethinking the district’s […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa State Patrol has released the name of the woman who was killed in a wrong-way collision on the Avenue of the Saints south of Mason City on Monday. The Patrol says 78-year-old Darlene Keifer of Greene was killed in the accident which happened shortly after 11:30 a.m. at the 190 mile marker on […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowans are remembering the terrorist attacks 17 years ago today which claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. Craig Morris, commander of American Legion Post 88 in Shenandoah, says their Patriot Day events in southeast Iowa will start out with what’s called the Four Fives. “Which is a […]Powered by WPeMatico
