Former Iowa Governor Robert D. Ray died early Sunday morning. Governor Ray had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and died peacefully of natural causes according to a statement from his family. He was 89. David Oman, who served as chief of staff during Ray’s tenure as governor, spoke with Radio Iowa Sunday afternoon. “First of all, […]Powered by WPeMatico
James Hinchcliffe passed Josef Newgarden with 45 laps remaining to win Sunday’s Iowa Corn 300 at the Iowa Speedway. It was the second time the Canadian took the checkered flag at the Iowa Speedway and comes in a season in which he failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. “This is such a good feeling […]Powered by WPeMatico
An Iowa native plans to revive the music of the late Ray Conniff, a band leader who was widely popular in the 1950s and ’60s. Rick Gerber, a band leader in Branson, Missouri, is forming a new orchestra along with an eight-man, eight-woman singing ensemble. Gerber says Conniff helped vault many other singers to fame […]Powered by WPeMatico
The president of Iowa Student Loan says college students and parents should be planning right now on how they are going to pay for college in the fall. Steve McCullough says start by looking for sources of money that aren’t loans. “First of all, take any scholarships or grants that the college can get for […]Powered by WPeMatico
We are just in the first week of July — but the administrators of the Iowa State Fair are getting ready for its August run. Fair spokesperson Mindy Williamson says Saturday is the “Corn Dog Kickoff” fundraiser. She says they have a fair food grazing party, a silent and a regular auction, fireworks and the […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Cedar Rapids city councilman says some key flood protection measures for downtown Cedar Rapids that are part of a massive 750-million dollar plan have already been built. The Army Corps of Engineers announced Thursday it would forward $117 million to the city for structures along the east side of the Cedar River. Cedar Rapids City […]Powered by WPeMatico
Many families working the land in rural Iowa, for decades, have been fiercely loyal to certain brands of farm equipment. But, as farm operations grow and the next generation of farmers takes over, that intense brand loyalty is changing, according to Curt Blades with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). “We’ve known this for the […]Powered by WPeMatico
An Iowan who died 76-and-a-half years ago is being honored tomorrow. Leon Arickx of Mitchell County, Iowa, was a Seaman First Class in the Navy. He’d been assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft and hit by several torpedoes. It […]Powered by WPeMatico
The head of the Iowa Flood Center says “for the time being” the flood threat has subsided in Iowa. “Some rivers, mostly in the north, are at elevated stage levels, some exceeding flood levels. And, of course, water flows downstream, so we expect tat some stations downstream will also experience hopefully minor flooding,” says hydrologist Witold […]Powered by WPeMatico
