Reporter aquitted of charges in arrest at protest
Mar 11, 2021
BY DAR DANIELSON RADIO IOWA - A jury has acquitted Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri of charges of failure to disperse and interference with official acts at a protest at a Des Moines Mall on…
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Detained Iowa reporter heard saying, ‘I’m a journalist,’ on police video
Mar 10, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR Closing arguments are expected today in the trial of a Des Moines Register reporter who was arrested while she was covering a racial justice protest last May. Andrea Sahouri testified in her…
Senator Grassley discusses relief bill
Mar 09, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR The U.S. Senate passed the $1.9 trillion relief package pushed by President Joe Biden Saturday after a 25-hour marathon of votes on amendments. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican, voted against the…
Iowa House delegation calls for more Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Mar 08, 2021
Iowa's congressional delegation is urging the Biden Administration to restructure the state's weekly allocation of Covid vaccine. The group says putting more doses of Johnson and Johnson's vaccine in the mix make sense. Representative Ashley…
With gradual snow melt, Iowa’s spring flood risk remains ‘normal’
Mar 05, 2021
BY MATT KELLEY Iowa was inundated by record or near-record flooding in 2019, followed by severe-to-extreme drought in 2020, drought that’s endured into 2021. What will this spring hold, as planting season is mere weeks away? Nathan…
Governor Reynolds gets COVID-19 vaccination
Mar 04, 2021
BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - After blasting those who are spreading what she called “misleading” and “inaccurate” information about the Johnson and Johnson vaccine for COVID-19, Governor Kim Reynolds took the shot herself on live…
Rozenboom bill addresses deer population
Mar 03, 2021
State Senator Ken Rozenboom of Oskaloosa has filed a bill that would deal with Iowa’s rising deer population. During last Saturday’s (2/27) Eggs and Issues forum in Oskaloosa, Rozenboom noted the high deer populations in…
Bill to remove Iowa’s permit requirement for concealed weapons
Mar 02, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - A bill that would no longer require Iowans to get permits to carry a concealed weapon has made it past initial review in the Iowa House and is scheduled…
Iowa’s House delegation splits along party lines on pandemic relief
Mar 01, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR RADIO IOWA - The three Republicans from Iowa who serve in the U.S. House voted against the pandemic relief House Democrats approved this weekend. Fourth district Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull is…
Iowa COVID vaccine news
Feb 26, 2021
Governor Kim Reynolds has good news about coronavirus vaccines in Iowa. At a Thursday morning (2/25) news conference, she said Iowans are getting the vaccines in good numbers. "Next week, we project that 70 percent…