State News
The heat is on across Iowa
Another hot, muggy day is ahead with most of Iowa under an excessive heat warning, as temperatures will climb into the 90s and heat index values could be as high as 110 degrees. Meteorologist Paul […]
Month: July 2019
State News
Two people found dead in Burlington residence
The Burlington Police Department is investigating two deaths that are being called suspicious. Sometime between 11:30 a.m. and noon on Wednesday, the Burlington Police Department was called to do a welfare check at the 600 […]
State News
Manchester nurse accused of taking painkillers from patients
An eastern Iowa nurse is accused of stealing pain medications from patients in her care at a nursing home. Thirty-one-year-old Katie Boll of Manchester is charged with thirteen counts of acquiring a controlled substance by […]
Entertainment
School’s back in session for ‘A.P. Bio’ on NBCUniversal’s streaming service
Vivian Zink/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — A.P. Bio, dropped by NBC back in May after two seasons, has been resurrected for NBCUniversal’s upcoming streaming service, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The comedy, from executive producers Lorne Michaels, […]
World News
Iranian Republican Guard seizes foreign oil tanker in Persian Gulf: State media
KeithBinns/iStock(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran claims it has seized a “foreign vessel” carrying oil with 12 crew members aboard in the Persian Gulf, according to a statement from the country’s Republican Guard carried by the state […]
World News
More than 20 feared dead in blaze at Kyoto animation studio
JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images(KYOTO, Japan) — In what could be the deadliest mass killing in Japan in three years, at least 13 people died and 10 others are presumed to have died in an arson attack […]
State News
This year’s Iowa State Fair to feature lots of new food
The Iowa State Fair will have 50 new foods available when the gates open in August. Spokesperson Mindy Williamson says they try to add some new foods each year. “I think our highest number yet […]
State News
Iowa State sees slight drop in external funding
Iowa State University reports the school attracted 469 million dollars of funding from outside sources in the fiscal year that just ended. Iowa State’s vice president for research, Sarah Nusser, says that’s a drop of […]
State News
Survey says: Iowans like to fish
A survey finds Iowa anglers fished for more than ten-million days last year, a big boost from about a decade ago. Jeff Kopaska, the DNR Fisheries research biometrician, says they surveyed more than 16-hundred random […]
Entertainment
Disney eyes Javier Bardem to play King Triton in live-action ‘The Little Mermaid’
LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Javier Bardem, who won an Oscar for playing the relentless psychopathic killer Anton Chigurh in 2007’s No Country for Old Men, is lightening up quite a bit for his next […]