California Congressman Ro Khanna, a Democrat who’s a potential 2028 presidential candidate, rallied with a crowd of central Iowa Democrats Sunday evening. “There’s a lot of talk about what does the country need,” Khanna said. “I don’t think it’s charisma or entertainment or TikToking. I think we need a moral renewal in America, a spiritual […] View Full Story
Siouxland District Health and local law officers conducted most traffic stops at Western Iowa Tech Community College Wednesday afternoon to give drivers with disabilities some training. Sioux City police sergeant Anthony Vondrak was joined by Webster County deputies who pulled over drivers just like they would in a real traffic stop. “Our part in this […] View Full Story
Leaders of the southeast Iowa city of Ottumwa say they’ve been inundated with phone calls after a prayer to begin a city council meeting this week sparked a national outcry. Ottumwa resident and former city councilman Matt Dalbey opened the October 6th Ottumwa City Council meeting with an invocation addressing a “Dark Father” and ended […] View Full Story
The Iowa Goldstar Military Museum at Camp Dodge is opening a new exhibit this weekend that covers nurses in the military from 1853 through the Korean War in 1953. Museum curator Mike Vogt says it chronicles the work of nurses at home and abroad. “In the capacity of Red Cross nurses from Iowa or Army […] View Full Story
The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the sexual abuse conviction of a Woodbury County man who claimed video of the act was a deep fake. The woman involved had been drinking with Max Amyda at a house and fell asleep. She got up the next day and didn’t know anything had happened until a friend […] View Full Story
A week ago, heavy rains caused delays for many Iowa farmers who were eager to get to work on the harvest but the soil was too soggy. Now, the weather’s warm and dry and the combines are rolling, but field fires are becoming the big concern. Firefighter Wes Baddeley, with the Gruver Fire Department in […] View Full Story
With sunny skies and unseasonably high temperatures in the 70s and 80s in the forecast, it might be the ideal time to hop in the car and head out for the Choose Iowa Fall Crawl, underway statewide today and tomorrow. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says there are about 125 local farms and small businesses […] View Full Story
Many farmers in northwest Iowa are wrapping up their first full week of the harvest with dry, warm conditions, as the rains finally stopped last weekend and the combines were able to roll into the fields without getting mired in mud. Gentry Sorenson, an agronomist with the Iowa State University Extension, says most producers in […] View Full Story
Lumen Technologies plans to end CenturyLink land line service in 20 Iowa communities on October 18. Lumen operates its Iowa land-lines under the brand name CenturyLink. The company said “a small share of customers are still using copper-based home service.” The affected customers are in Ames, Fort Dodge, Farmington, the Iowa City area and a […] View Full Story
The Council Bluffs fire chief says Firefighter/Medic Charles Jones died Thursday following a medical emergency. A 19-year department veteran, officials say Jones responded to emergencies and helped residents during some of their most difficult moments. Council Blufs Fire Chief Robert Schoening calls Jones’ death “a tremendous loss for our entire department. We are deeply grateful […] View Full Story
