July 3, 2024

As many as 100,000 people are expected to attend tonight’s Yankee Doodle Pops concert on the West Terrace of the Iowa State Capitol grounds. The 30th annual event highlights the Des Moines Symphony, where spokeswoman Calla Whipp says it’s Iowa’s largest single-day concert event. “We have live concert starting at 6:30 p.m. with two jazz […] View Full Story

State officials estimate 2000 homes were damaged or destroyed during recent flooding in northwest Iowa. After previous flooding in Cherokee, FEMA bought out 40 properties. Another 70 homes in Cherokee were destroyed in this year’s flooding and Cherokee Mayor Craig Schmidt said he doesn’t know where people will go. “They’re not staying if they can’t […] View Full Story

Google plans to spend $1 billion this year on its complex in western Iowa. Google opened a data center in Council Bluffs in 2009 and added a second in 2013. Google data centers keep the platform running, including Google’s cloud storage, Google Maps and Google’s search function as well as Google’s “Gemini” artificial intelligence. In […] View Full Story

State troopers say a car carrying three teenage girls crashed late last night in Fort Dodge, killing the driver and injuring both passengers. Reportedly, a 2013 model Chevrolet Malibu driven by 16-year-old Leah Lynch of Fort Dodge was traveling through Loomis Park when she lost control of the car and struck a tree. Lynch was […] View Full Story