Iowa Democrats set January 15, 2024 as Caucus date
Sep 18, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa Democratic Party’s 2024 Caucuses will be on the same day Iowa Republicans plan to hold their Caucuses. The Democratic Party’s state central committee voted this weekend to…
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Public Safety Commissioner says Algona police officer ‘murdered by a coward’
Sep 15, 2023
By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa DCI says the Algona police officer shot on Wednesday has died. DCI assistant director Mitch Mortvedt says 33-year-old officer Kevin Cram was trying to arrest a man on…
Attorney General Brenna Bird Sues Over Misleading Door-to-Door Stem Cell Therapy Treatments
Sep 14, 2023
DES MOINES -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today sued Biologics Health, LLC, Summit Partners Group, LLC, Rylee Meek, and Scott Thomas for allegedly engaging in fraudulent door-to-door stem cell therapy treatments. The lawsuit challenges the…
DOT director responds to report on poor bridges
Sep 13, 2023
By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) The director of the Iowa DOT says the report by American Road and Transportation Builders Association ranking Iowa number one in poor bridges doesn't tell the whole story. Director Scott…
South Dakota regulators reject Summit’s pipeline application
Sep 12, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa company planning to build a two-thousand mile carbon pipeline through five states has now been denied construction permits in both North and South Dakota. This morning, South…
Motion filed in South Dakota may be setback for Summit pipeline
Sep 11, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) South Dakota’s Public Utilities Commission appears to be on the verge of denying a pipeline construction permit to Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions. The Iowa Utilities Board hearing on Summit’s…
Drought Conditions Worsen in Iowa
Sep 08, 2023
DES MOINES - August saw another below normal rainfall month in Iowa, with preliminary data showing that the state received 3.25 inches of rain, 0.88 inches below normal. This marks the sixth month in a…
Iowa crops maturing rapidly as drought continues
Sep 07, 2023
By Pat Powers (Radio Iowa) The harvest season will likely start in northern Iowa within a week to ten days, according to Angie Rieck Hinz, a field agronomist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.…
Summit COO testifies at Iowa Utilities Board hearing on pipeline permit
Sep 06, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa Utilities Board hearing for the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline has entered its third week. Summit’s chief operating officer was first to take the witness stand today.…
Iowa’s lack of severe weather likely to continue
Sep 05, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) State Climatologist Justin Glisan says a tornado outbreak is unlikely this month because Iowa is in a severe weather drought. “When you don’t have thunderstorms to drive rainfall, you…