Iowa State University’s season opening football game was cancelled after weather forced players from the field at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames with 10:55 to go in the first quarter. The game officials cleared the field as lightning was spotted and thunderstorms moved in. The Cyclones were leading 7-0 over South Dakota State following a […]Powered by WPeMatico
Propane prices are creeping slightly higher in Iowa as farmers prepare for the harvest and drying their grain. Paul Ovrum an ag marketing specialist with the Iowa Department of Agriculture, says the corn harvest will likely begin earlier in parts of southern Iowa this fall due to continued drought. He says those early birds could […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s dove hunting season opens today and DNR wildlife biologist Todd Bogenschutz says numbers are up despite some bad spring weather. “It was a challenge for some of the guys to do some of the food plots because you know the weather was just so goofy. Especially in April there was a snowstorm, and then […]Powered by WPeMatico
Two Waterloo teenagers are charged with murder and robbery in connection with a shooting death in the city last year. Police arrested 17-year-old Quintarius Brown and 15-year-old Terrion Gamblin on Thursday. Records show that Brown is charged in adult court with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery. He’s being held in the Black Hawk County Jail. […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Department of Human Services says a baby has been turned over to the state under the Safe Haven law. DHS reports the baby boy was born on August 19th at an Iowa hospital. The law allows parents to give up children who are 14 days or younger without facing prosecution for abandonment. The […]Powered by WPeMatico
The chief of the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau, Patrick Hoye, is hoping this holiday weekend is a lot safer for motorists in Iowa than it was in 2017. “Last Labor Day (weekend), we saw 10 traffic fatalities, which was the highest Labor Day count we’ve had since 1995,” Hoye said. “So, coming off of last […]Powered by WPeMatico
Children of divorce are less likely to earn a four-year college degree or beyond, according to an Iowa State University study co-authored by ISU sociology professor Susan Stewart. “We tracked young adults into their 20s and 30s and we looked at the families that they were from,” Stewart says. “We found that children with divorced […]Powered by WPeMatico
More details have been released on a fatal crash in western Iowa’s Adair County. A caller to 911 at around 2 p.m. Wednesday, reported a vehicle was on its top about six-miles northwest of Greenfield. The caller said a person was still inside of the vehicle, but their injuries were unknown. When rescue crews and […]Powered by WPeMatico
A rural sociologist with Iowa State University is studying the potential impact the new Prestage Farms pork processing plant will have on the nearby town of Eagle Grove when it opens in a few months. ISU’s David Peters did surveys in the Wright County community and the surrounding area as the massive $240 million facility […]Powered by WPeMatico
