July 15, 2024

Another steamy afternoon is ahead as forecasters say the heat index may reach 112 degrees in southwest Iowa, where five counties are under an Excessive Heat Warning. A Heat Advisory is also posted for much of the state’s southern half. Meteorologist Andrew Ansorge, at the National Weather Service, says the big story may actually be […] View Full Story

Later today the chairman of the Iowa GOP is scheduled to give the speech to formally nominate Donald Trump for a second term as president. Iowa Republican Party chairman Jeff Kaufmann spoke with Radio Iowa a few hours after the shooting at Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania. Kaufmann said today’s speech was written last week and […] View Full Story

Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Davenport says congress will have “valid questions” about how the Secret Service performed at Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania. “Having been in the military, there is always an after-action report,” Miller-Meeks said during a Radio Iowa interview. “You want to know, you know, how was a shooter on the building? How did […] View Full Story

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says USDA scientists have collected data from Iowa and are working to understand how bird flu has moved to infect dairy cows as well as other animals. “I ordered in an epidemiological strike team from USDA, appreciate they sent that team,” Naig says. “…(They) went farm-by-farm…really trying to understand […] View Full Story