Month: November 2019

The open enrollment period for Medicare is underway. The spokesperson for the organization that oversees the enrollment, Julie Brookhart, says it’s an important time. “Beneficiaries can take a look at the way they receive their […]

The first USO Center in Iowa opened this past weekend at Camp Dodge in Johnston. USO Midwest Region president, Alison Ruble, says they’ve been working for the last year to open a full-time center at […]

Over the past seven months, a team of officers from the Des Moines Police Department conducted investigations that led to over 20 federal  indictments and the seizure of 71 guns. The indictments were for gun- […]

Iowa’s Secretary of State says it’s important for people to vote in today’s city and school board elections. Paul Pate says city government is the most efficient and effective level of government.  “Who’s going to […]

The U.S.D.A. crop report says there were four days suitable for farm work last week and that helped with the harvest. The report shows 43% of the corn crop has been harvested — up from […]

Firefighters are investigating after a body was found in a burning home in northwest Iowa today. The Spencer Fire Department was called shortly after ten o’clock this morning to a report of a structure fire […]

A Pella man who told investors he was a health coach and consultant has been sentenced to more than six-and-a-half years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme. According to a news release from the […]

Today marks 40 years since Iranian militants took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage, including an Iowan. For 444 days, the embassy employees were held in the compound as the former […]

A Pella man who told investors he was a health coach and consultant has been sentenced to more than six-and-a-half years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme. According to a news release from the […]