Des Moines Police are looking for a vehicle involved in a weekend crash that killed a bicyclist. Police say 56-year-old Darrel Ford died after his bicycle was hit by an SUV at an intersection northwest of downtown Des Moines around 1 a.m. Saturday. Witnesses told police the SUV had the right of way and Ford […]Powered by WPeMatico
University of Iowa football student-athlete Tristan Wirfs was cited for Operating While Under the Influence in Iowa City early Sunday morning. “While we are currently gathering additional facts, I am disappointed in Tristan’s decision making based on the information that’s already been confirmed,” said Gary Barta, the Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of […]Powered by WPeMatico
An estimated 30 billion”robo-calls” were made in the U.S. last year and so far this year, the pace of these nuisance calls in Iowa and the rest of the country is dramatically accelerating. According to YouMail.com, 3.3 billion automated robocalls were made in the U.S. in April — a 34 percent increase from April of 2017. […]Powered by WPeMatico
A man from Mexico caught using someone else’s Social Security number when he applied for a job in northeast Iowa has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison. Thirty-seven-year-old Pablo Rosales-Aquino had been deported in 2009, but returned to the U.S. and was living in the Waterloo area. He admitted in court that […]Powered by WPeMatico
A dance team from central Iowa will perform in Times Square in New York City tonight along with about a thousand other young dancers from across the country. Becky Harfst, with The Dance Connection in Webster City, says it’s part of National Dance Day and it’ll start with an intensive training session. “They are going […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Lottery had a record year in sales and the leading retailer is again in eastern Iowa. “There is one particular Hy-Vee stored in Iowa that has been the lottery’s leading retailer in terms of sales for at least the last decade. And that store came out on top again this year,” according to […]Powered by WPeMatico
A southeast Iowa woman convicted of child endangerment causing the death of her daughter has been sentenced to up to 50 years in prison. The 17-month-old girl was just 11 pounds when she died in November of 2016. An autopsy concluded the baby was malnourished. Twenty-nine-year-old Ambrashia Chrzan of Riverside was given a chance to speak in […]Powered by WPeMatico
A new agreement reached between Alliant Energy and the operator of Iowa’s only nuclear power plant will see the plant shut down five years earlier than first projected. NextEra Energy Resources spokesman, Peter Robbins, says the change came about as they looked at a new agreement with Alliant to purchase power from the Duane Arnold […]Powered by WPeMatico
One week after tornado damage forced the evacuation of its patients to other hospitals, Unity Point Health-Marshalltown reopened its main campus this morning. Dustin Wright, the hospital’s Vice President of Operations, says it’s been a long week since 43 residents were moved after last Thursday’s powerful twister. “It’s taken some adjustments from all of us […]Powered by WPeMatico
