Audit: Governor improperly used COVID funds for salaries
Nov 16, 2021
By DAVID PITT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state audit report on government spending released Monday accused Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds of using nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay salaries for…
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Axne is seeking reelection in Iowa’s new third congressional district
Nov 15, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Congresswoman Cindy Axne, a Democrat from West Des Moines, will seek re-election for a third term in the U.S House in Iowa;s new third congressional district. Axne, who had…
Judge orders Sioux City man to pay $4 million fine for ‘environmental crimes’
Nov 12, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - A former member of the city council in Sioux City has been ordered to pay a $4 million fine for committing what a federal prosecutor calls “environmental crimes.” Forty-seven-year-old…
Former State Trooper faces federal charge over 2017 traffic stop
Nov 11, 2021
A former Iowa State Patrol officer with a history of excessive force allegations has been indicted on a federal charge over a 2017 traffic stop in which dash-camera video captured him roughing up a motorcyclist.…
Red Cross spokesperson says Iowa blood supply at six year low
Nov 10, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR There’s a major blood shortage in the United States. A quarter of the blood centers in the Midwest have just a day’s supply or even less on hand. “Our blood supply is…
U.S. corn fields likely to yield record crop in 2021
Nov 09, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON The USDA is scheduled to release an updated estimate of the 2021 corn crop later today. Iowa State University Extension economist Chad Hart says the mid-October prediction was a 15 billion bushel…
State Climatologist says late October rains were ‘semi-drought buster’
Nov 08, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - This week’s drought monitor shows that for the first time since July 7, no part of Iowa is considered to be in severe drought. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says Iowa…
8 Midwest governors seek authority to let E15 be sold year-round
Nov 05, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is among a bipartisan group of eight Midwest governors asking the Biden Administration to let gasoline with a 15% blend of ethanol be sold in…
Coronavirus update
Nov 04, 2021
Another 104 Iowans have died from coronavirus over the past week, pushing the state’s death total from the pandemic to 7069. According to data released Tuesday (11/2) by the Iowa Department of Public Health, five…
John Deere employees reject contract offer
Nov 03, 2021
Most workers at Deere & Co. rejected a contract offer Tuesday (11/2) that would have given them 10% raises and decided to remain on strike in the hopes of securing a better deal. The raises…