Field of Dreams site near Dyersville sold
Oct 01, 2021
BY DAR DANIELSON Iowa’s most famous baseball field is getting a new owner. A group lead by Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas announced today it has purchased a controlling interest in the Field of Dreams…
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Coronavirus update
Sep 30, 2021
Two people from Mahaska County, two from Wapello County and one from Keokuk County have died from coronavirus over the past week. The Iowa Department of Public Health reports 80 additional COVID-19 deaths as of…
New terminals, ticket readers part of Iowa Lottery upgrade
Sep 29, 2021
BY DAR DANIELSON The Iowa Lottery completed a major changeover this past weekend to a new operating system. Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says it gives them updated technology. “This is a huge project the lottery only…
Harvest starts out ahead of average for corn, soybeans
Sep 28, 2021
BY DAR DANIELSON RADIO IOWA - Fall is here and the Iowa corn and bean harvest is now underway. The U.S.D.A. crop report says some spotty rains impacted the ability to get into the fields —…
Westwood student dies after falling from homecoming float
Sep 27, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR A student who fell from a float during the Westwood Homecoming parade Friday has died from his injuries. School district superintendent Jay Lutt identified the student as 12-year-old Kage McDonald, a junior…
Grassley announces he’ll seek 8th term in U.S. Senate
Sep 24, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley announced at 4 o’clock this morning that he is running for re-election. Grassley’s campaign account on Twitter features a GIF of the Senator running, plus…
Watchdog group says Axne, 6 other House members didn’t disclose stock trades
Sep 23, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON A non-profit called the Campaign Legal Center has filed an ethics complaint against Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne and six other House members, accusing the group of “failing to report stock trades in…
Independent autopsy ordered in Ottumwa woman's death
Sep 22, 2021
Judge Myron Gookin has granted Gregory Allen Showalter Sr. an independent autopsy. Showalter has been charged in the murder of his wife, Helen Showalter. Defendant Showalter's attorney, Bob Breckenridge, petitioned the court in August to…
Iowa Farm Co-op Hit by Ransomware Attack
Sep 21, 2021
A ransomware attack by the BlackMatter gang forced New Cooperative, an association of Iowa corn and soy farmers, to take their systems offline but it said it created workarounds to receive grain and distribute feed,…
Corrections director comments on sentencing for Anamosa Penitentiary killings
Sep 20, 2021
BY DAR DANIELSON The Director of the Iowa Department of Corrections says the guilty pleas of two men in the killings of an Anamosa corrections officer and nurse are one step in the process of recovery.…