Police have identified the toddler who died after being pulled from the water at a state park beach near Des Moines. Two-year-old Celeste Sandoval-Ramos of Perry died at a hospital Tuesday. The girl was with family at Big Creek State Park beach on Saturday evening when she disappeared underwater. A nine-year-old boy from Tama also […]Powered by WPeMatico
Northern Iowa cross country and track and field coach Dave Paulsen has been awarded a contract extension through the 2022 season. The extension comes on the heels of a conference championship in the outdoor season for the men’s track and field program. It is the second Missouri Valley Conference title since Paulsen took over as […]Powered by WPeMatico
A group that opposes abortions for pregnant women who’ve been raped is asking Iowa courts to block the limited exceptions allowed under Iowa’s new ban on most abortions. Iowa’s new “fetal heartbeat” law is on hold until a different legal challenge is settled that argues the abortion ban is too limited. A group called Save The […]Powered by WPeMatico
Midwestern farmers are seeing soybean prices fall as the U.S. and China remain at odds over trade and tariff issues. Kirk Leeds, chief executive officer for the Iowa Soybean Association, says soybeans are one of Iowa’s top crops and this continued spiral in prices is disheartening. “China is very, very important for Iowa farmers,” Leeds […]Powered by WPeMatico
The city of Des Moines plans will start sending out tickets again next week for those caught on cameras going too fast along a section of Interstate 235. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled on April 27th of this year that the Department of Transportation doesn’t have the authority to stop Des Moines and other cities […]Powered by WPeMatico
A former Ames City Councilman is now the Republican challenging long-time State Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald, a Democrat. Jeremy Davis was nominated this past weekend by delegates at the Iowa Republican Party’s state convention. “When I was first contacted by Governor Reynolds to consider this, I didn’t say, ‘Yes,’ right away because I needed to think […]Powered by WPeMatico
More than a dozen Iowans whose lives have been changed by pancreatic cancer — striking themselves or a loved one — are in Washington D.C. today, lobbying members of Iowa’s congressional delegation. Melinda Thach of Ames, a volunteer for the Des Moines affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, says 80% of cancer research dollars […]Powered by WPeMatico
A child who was pulled from Big Creek State Park Saturday has died. The child was pulled from the water along the beach at the park which is next to Big Creek Lake near Polk City around 8:45 Saturday evening. Polk City Rescue performed CPR on her and she was taken to the hospital by […]Powered by WPeMatico
Republican Congressman Steve King has been an active tweeter today, urging people to call congress and voice their opposition to bills that would provide what King calls “amnesty” to anyone who entered the U.S. illegally. King tweeted out a link to an interview he did with TMZ about the separation of children from parents crossing […]Powered by WPeMatico
