December 5, 2024

A southwestern Iowa woman has died after being injured in a house fire Wednesday night. Council Bluffs Fire Department officials say 70-year-old Peggy Lee Rayner was one of four people in a home at 2007 7th Avenue that caught fire at around 11:20 p.m. Another resident, Fayth Rayner, was treated for smoke inhalation at the […] View Full Story

The manhunt is still underway in New York City after Iowa native and UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death outside his hotel on Wednesday morning while in town for a conference. The 50-year-old Thompson lived in Minneapolis with his family. He grew up in Hamilton County, Iowa, and was a 1997 University of […] View Full Story

A popular program that’s being used by patrons of 80 Iowa libraries is being suspended, temporarily, starting January 1st. The Iowa Adventure Pass gives library card holders free admission to all sorts of attractions statewide, like museums and zoos. The program was started in 2017 at the Grimes Public Library, where assistant director Karalee Kerr […] View Full Story

Technically, we’re still in late fall, but frigid wintery weather has moved in and Iowans are now at much greater risk for carbon monoxide poisoning. As we fire up the fireplace to take off the chill, or warm up the car in the garage, the dangers of poisoning from the potentially-deadly gas can mount. Janna […] View Full Story

Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks says it’s time to crack down on the business practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers or PBMs. “Currently, 97% of all prescription drugs in the United States flow through just six major PBMs. These entities are destroying independent pharmacies,” Miller-Meeks said yesterday at a news conference in Washington, D.C.. “…This year alone, […] View Full Story