Branstad doesn’t want kids who crossed US/Mexico border sent to Iowa (AUDIO)
Iowa’s governor does not want any unaccompanied children who’ve crossed into the U.S. along the southern border to be sent to Iowa. “There’s been no contact from the federal government to the state of...
View ArticleRand Paul says GOP can’t be ‘party of hostility’ toward immigrants (AUDIO)
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul hinted to a group of Iowa conservatives today that his wardrobe is ready for campaigning in the states that will hold the lead-off events in the 2016 presidential campaign....
View ArticleMiller-Meeks calls Loebsack ‘puppet’ of Obama, Pelosi (AUDIO)
Republican congressional candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks today said Dave Loebsack — the Democratic congressman she’s running against — cannot be “trusted” to fix the problems in Veterans...
View ArticleBen Carson greeted in Iowa by chants of ‘Run, Ben, Run’ (AUDIO)
A retired neurosurgeon who is the author of a book that’s on the New York Times best-seller list spoke to over 400 Republicans in Iowa’s capital city tonight. Supporters in the crowd wore t-shirts and...
View ArticleBranstad visits ISU, Drake to discuss ways to cut college debt
Governor Branstad visited two university campuses today to tout ideas he says would make a college education more affordable for Iowa students. Branstad is calling on the three state-funded...
View ArticleAuthor visits Sioux City to mark historic stop for Kansas City Monarchs
An author who’s visiting American cities that hosted the best team in Negro Leagues Baseball will be in northwest Iowa tonight. Theresa Weaver-Basye of the Sioux City Public Museum says Phil Dixon has...
View ArticleCyclones and Hawkeyes respond to tournament seeds
The Iowa State Cyclones landed the number-three seed in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament and will play 14-seed UAB on Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky. After learning his team’s fate, ISU Coach...
View ArticleMarion woman stabbed to death outside grocery store
Police say a woman leaving an eastern Iowa grocery store Tuesday afternoon was attacked and killed in the parking lot by a man who wounded himself. Marion Police Chief Harry Daugherty told KCRG-TV the...
View ArticleBabysitter found guilty in connection with death of girl attacked by dog
A central Iowa woman has been found guilty of several charges in connection with the death of a four-year-old girl she was babysitting two years ago. Jena Wright’s dog attacked the girl, who died from...
View ArticleIowan preparing for World Gliding Championships
A native of northwest Iowa is one of just two Americans selected to compete in the World Gliding Championships this summer. Tony Condon of Estherville graduated from Iowa Lakes Community College in...
View ArticleIowa Legislature wraps up 2015 session
After nearly six months of wrangling, the members of the Iowa House and Senate put the finishing touches on a more than $7 billion state budget plan and concluded the 2015 legislative session this...
View ArticleClinton tells Radio Iowa trade deals are ‘fraught with all sorts of problems’...
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke with Radio Iowa this afternoon following her rally in Des Moines. AUDIO of interview, 21:00 The conversation began with a discussion about trade...
View ArticlePerry hoping for ‘no deal’ with Iran
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry says he fears President Obama is too anxious to secure an agreement with Iran over its nuclear ambitions. “My hope is that they will get down to the last...
View ArticleSanders says lack of pre-K in US is ‘disgraceful’
Independent Bernie Sanders, a candidate for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, said the country needs to invest in universal pre-school for America’s toddlers. “The truth of the matter is...
View ArticleCow chip throwing champions crowned at Iowa State Fair
Dozens of contestants were flinging, slinging and throwing dried chunks of manure today at the State Fair. Eric Adam of Richland won the men’s cow chip throwing contest. “Sometimes you’ve just got to...
View ArticleWalker quizzed about Renewable Fuels Standard
About 40 people gathered in a Greenfield coffee shop this morning to see and hear Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker and the first question from the crowd was about corn-based ethanol fuel....
View ArticleIowa man’s rare car collection going to the auction block
A central Iowa man’s collection of rare cars will be up for auction Saturday at the Central Iowa Expo grounds east of Boone. Grant Quam of Ames died in October of 2007 at the age of 91 and Quam’s son...
View Article#1 hosts #2 in class 2A football playoffs
It is a one versus two showdown in the class 2A quarterfinals as second ranked South Tama visits top rated Albia. Both teams are 11-0 and feature the top two rushers in class 2A. Albia’s Carter Isley...
View Article#1 Morningside set for GPAC showdown
It may not have been deliberate but the schedule makers got it right in the Great Plains Conference. Top ranked Morningside hosts fourth ranked Doane on Saturday and the winner claims the GPAC title....
View ArticleSome hoops with your coffee?
They will be up early in the McLeod Center Tuesday morning when Northern Iowa hosts Stephen F. Austin in college basketball action. It will be a 7:00a.m. tip off as part of ESPN’s College Hoops Tip Off...
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