NEWS'S BLOG

(DES MOINES, Iowa) – March 20 is National Agriculture Day – a day designated each year by the Agriculture Council of America (ACA) to celebrate the accomplishments of agriculture. This year’s Farm Service Agency (FSA)…

(COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa) – United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on March 13, 2018, 35-year-old Sean Cullen of Council Bluffs, Iowa was sentenced to 2 years in prison and ordered to serve three years of…

(DES MOINES, Iowa) – The Iowa Money Smart Kid essay contest deadline has been extended. Iowa students now have until Friday, March 23, 2018, to enter the essay contest sponsored by the Iowa Bankers Association.…

(WAVERLY, Iowa) — Wartburg College will host its inaugural TEDxWartburgCollege event April 7, from 10 AM to 5 PM, in the McCaskey Lyceum of Saemann Student Center. To purchase tickets, visit www.wartburg.edu/tedx. The public is…

(OSKALOOSA, Iowa) – The stabbing death of William Penn University student Marquis Todd has been ruled a homicide, officials said during a press conference held on Wednesday, March 14. Official autopsy results concluded Todd’s cause…

(DES MOINES, Iowa) – On March 8, 2018, Dale Alan Grau, age 52, of Des Moines, Iowa, appeared before United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose and was sentenced to 120 months in prison…

"Car Conundrum" A Canadian neurosurgeon who crashed his rare Ferrari F40 in 2012 is demanding British Columbia’s public auto insurer pay an estimated $982,000 citing "insult" to his “sense of dignity.” Dr. Navraj Heran is…

(DES MOINES, Iowa) – Around 1,750 archers from 86 Iowa schools participated in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) state tournament in Des Moines last weekend. Standing out from the competition was local…

Nokie Edwards, guitarist for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees the Ventures, has died at the age of 82, the band confirmed. “We have been advised this morning that Nokie Edwards passed away today…

NBC saw a record 5.11 overnight rating on Sunday for its 3PM - 6PM coverage of the final round of the Valspar Championship. You know…the one in which Tiger Woods came within one stroke of…