An Algona High School student was killed and two Algona residents were hurt in a two-vehicle accident in rural Humboldt County on Sunday afternoon. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 16-year-old Olivia Bachman was traveling west-bound on county road C-54 in a 2008 Pontiac Torrent, two miles south of Thor, when her vehicle collided with […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Ice Bucket Challenge of 2014 went viral and raised more than $100 million for ALS research, but there’s still no treatment or cure for that disease. Lauren Reinhard, spokeswoman for the Iowa Chapter of the ALS Association, says today’s “Bucket The Boss” event will be held in downtown Des Moines at Cowles Commons. “It’s […]Powered by WPeMatico
The two major party candidates for state ag secretary say preserving Iowa’s soil and cleaning up the state’s lakes and streams are an important mission for the State of Iowa, but they differ on a proposal that’s been around nearly eight years to raise more money for that mission. Tim Gannon, the Democrat who’s running […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports about 2,000 people attended Sunday afternooon’s funeral mass for Mollie Tibbetts, the 20-year-old University of Iowa student reported missing in July — sparking a nationwide search. A reporter who attended the funeral says Mollie Tibbetts’ father addressed the crowd who gathered in the high school gymnasium in Brooklyn. According to […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s political community is mourning this weekend’s death of Arizona Senator John McCain. McCain twice ran for president. His 2000 “Straight Talk Express” mostly by-passed the Iowa Caucuses, but in early 2007 McCain brought his second campaign for the White House to Iowa. On October 26th of that year he was in Iowa. It was the […]Powered by WPeMatico
Former Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell and his wife, Dody, were buried side-by-side on Saturday afternoon in Lamoni. Eighty-four-year-old Leonard Boswell died August 17 after a long battle with a rare form of cancer. His 82-year-old wife, Dody — a retired teacher, died early Saturday morning after a prolonged illness. “Dody and Leonard couldn’t bear to […]Powered by WPeMatico
A college student in Omaha who loves to run started a running club on her campus as she didn’t feel safe running alone after Iowan Mollie Tibbetts vanished. Ashley Tagart, a sophomore at the College of Saint Mary, says she’d just gotten home from a run in mid-July when her dad told her the news […]Powered by WPeMatico
As Iowa kids get their back-to-school physicals, it’s a good time to get them vaccinated against the human papillomavirus. HPV is easily-transmitted and can cause six types of cancer. While there is no treatment for HPV, Tessa Allred, program coordinator with the Iowa Cancer Consortium, says a safe vaccine series is available. “A lot of […]Powered by WPeMatico
State officials have agreed on a 7.5 percent boost in the state and federal governments’ payments to the private companies managing Iowa’s Medicaid system. More than 680,000 poor, disabled and elderly Iowans are enrolled in Medicaid. Governor Reynolds’ administration has been in lengthy negotiations with the two companies managing care for those Iowa Medicaid patients. The new […]Powered by WPeMatico
