Group wants to bring pawpaw patches back to prominence
Apr 26, 2021
BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - You may know the song that includes the line, “Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch,” but most Iowans have never tasted or even seen the fruit from trees that…
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Almost half of Iowa adults have had two-dose series of Covid vaccine
Apr 23, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON The state website tracking Covid-19 vaccinations shows more than 911-thousand Iowans have had both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. “We are very, very close to having nearly half of the…
Suspect in Iowa Trooper's death moved from hospital room to jail cell
Apr 22, 2021
A man charged in the shooting death of an Iowa State Patrol trooper was released from a hospital Wednesday (4/21) and transported to jail, the Iowa Department of Public Safety said. Michael Lang, 41, of…
House sends governor ban on diversity plans in 5 Iowa districts
Apr 21, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - House Republicans have sent the governor a bill that immediately forbids five Iowa school districts from using voluntary diversity plans to deny student transfers. It’s one in a group…
Warning of safety hazards at Iowa Capitol
Apr 20, 2021
A top workplace safety regulator warned the Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature that conditions inside the state Capitol are hazardous and may be exposing workers to the coronavirus, according to documents released Monday. Russell…
Coronavirus update
Apr 19, 2021
No new deaths from coronavirus were reported in Iowa Monday (4/19). The Iowa Department of Public Health says the statewide total of COVID-19 deaths remains at 5881. There have also been another 168 new positive…
Naig says Raccoon River’s endangered ranking is ‘propaganda’
Apr 16, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig is dismissing a national environmental group’s report that cited ag run-off in ranking Iowa’s Raccoon River as one of the nation’s most-endangered rivers. “That so-called report was…
House passes bill to boost protest penalties
Apr 15, 2021
The Iowa House has passed a wide ranging bill that would escalate penalties for protests that damage property and provide police with new liability protection from lawsuits. Fifty-five Republicans and eight Democrats voted for the…
Centerville man sentenced to prison on child pornography charges
Apr 14, 2021
BY DAR DANIELSON A south-central Iowa man will serve 27 years in prison on child pornography charges. Forty-nine-year-old Ryan Ford of Centerville was sentenced in U.S. District Court for production of child pornography and receipt of…
GOP lawmakers mulling 2021 tax cut prospects
Apr 13, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Republican lawmakers have yet to decide what the 2021 legislature will do on tax policy. Republican Governor Kim Reynolds says the state can easily afford to speed up a series of income…