Dialing rules changing for two areas codes in Iowa
Mar 29, 2021
BY MATT KELLEY RDIO IOWA - A change is coming for virtually everyone living in Iowa’s 3-1-9 and 5-1-5 area codes. This fall, everyone in those area codes will have to start dialing all 10 digits…
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California company buys Pizza Huts in 24 Iowa towns
Mar 26, 2021
BY DAR DANIELSON A San Francisco company is purchasing Pizza Hut restaurants in 24 Iowa locations. The Flynn Restaurant Group says the Iowa restaurants are part of the 937 Pizza Hut and 194 Wendy’s locations throughout…
Iowa Workforce Development reports initial unemployment insurance claims
Mar 25, 2021
DES MOINES - The number of initial unemployment claims in Iowa, filed between Sunday, March 14, and Saturday, March 20, was 5,498, a decrease of 252 from last week’s adjusted numbers. There were 4,881 initial claims by individuals who work and live in Iowa,…
Another bid to curb undercover surveillance of Iowa ag operations
Mar 24, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The Iowa House has voted to establish new penalties for those found guilty of trespassing to set up electronic surveillance equipment on someone else’s property to secretly capture images…
Senate Republicans send two gun-related bills to Iowa governor
Mar 23, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Republicans in the Iowa Senate have given final approval to a bill that would no longer require Iowans to get state permits for buying and for carrying handguns in public. Senator Jason…
Iowa Representatives vote along party lines on immigration bills
Mar 22, 2021
BY DAR DANIELSON The three Republicans who serve in the U.S. House have voted against bills that would create a path to citizenship for so-called Dreamers who were illegally brought into the U.S. as children and…
Iowa House passes bill relaxing gun permit laws
Mar 19, 2021
Republicans in the Iowa Legislature are again working to rewrite the state’s gun laws with a bill that would allow people to buy firearms and carry a concealed handgun without first obtaining a state permit.…
Covid vaccines for all Iowans will be available in April
Mar 18, 2021
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday (3/17) that all Iowa residents will be eligible for coronavirus vaccinations on April 5 as long as supply projections are met. Reynolds said the federal government is promising a…
Bahena Rivera to have trial management conference
Mar 17, 2021
The man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts will have a trial management conference Wednesday (3/17). Cristian Behana Rivera is accused of killing Tibbetts in July 2018 while she was jogging in her home town of…
Tossing Iowa ordinances that ban rejection of Section 8 housing vouchers
Mar 16, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON All but two Republicans in the Iowa House have voted to ban city ordinances that prevent landlords from rejecting potential tenants who use government housing vouchers to pay rent. The Republican-led Senate…