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Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 9/21/20
Class 4A 1. Southeast Polk (4-0), LW #1 vs DSM Lincoln 2. Dowling Catholic (3-1), LW #3 @ DSM Roosevelt 3. Urbandale (4-0), LW #2 vs Fort Dodge 4. Ankeny (3-1), LW #7 @ #10 […]
Year: 2020
State News
Volunteers needed for weekend event to help clean up state parks
Iowans can help celebrate the centennial of the Iowa state park system by lending a hand at any of 32 state parks this coming weekend. Saturday is Statewide Volunteer Day and Iowa DNR Forests and […]
State News
Edgewood residents keep local grocery store from closing
Residents of another small Iowa town have stepped up to buy their local grocery store to keep it from closing. Edgewood resident Art Johnson says Karl’s Grocery Store has been part of the community for […]
Entertainment
Ellen DeGeneres addresses toxic workplace claims during show’s season 18 premiere: “I take responsibility”
Doug Inglish/ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.(LOS ANGELES) — As she promised, Ellen DeGeneres took time during the season 18 premiere of her talk show Monday to address the allegations of toxic workplace culture and her […]
Entertainment
John Oliver says fifth Emmy win is nice, but being named after a sewage plant is way better
ABC/Frank Ockenfels(LOS ANGELES) — In the ongoing tit-for-tat between late night host John Oliver and the city of Danbury, Connecticut — the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver star couldn’t help but shout out the city he […]
Entertainment
First trailer for Disney+ series ‘WandaVision’ debuts during Emmys
Disney+(LOS ANGELES) — The first trailer for the Disney+ series WandaVision debuted during the Emmys broadcast Sunday night. The show stars Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany reprising their roles as Wanda Maximoff and Vision from […]
Entertainment
Will ‘Schitt’s Creek”s historic night at the Emmys lead to a movie? Dan Levy weighs in
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Schitt’s Creek started the Emmys off with a bang with an unprecedented and history-making sweep. The show, which ended its six-season run this year, became the first comedy series to sweep the entire comedy category. […]
Entertainment
The Rock vs. The Gate: Dwayne Johnson tears out front gate with his bare hands
Kevin Winter/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — It was The Rock vs. The Gate, and The Rock won. Dwayne Johnson ripped his front gate off with his bare hands on Friday after a power outage kept it […]
Entertainment
Felicity Jones and Kate McKinnon pay tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsberg
NBC(LOS ANGELES) — As the country mourns Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg who passed away at age 87 on Friday, two actresses who played Ginsberg on screen reacted to her passing this weekend. Felicity […]
World News
New species of burrowing dinosaur found perfectly preserved in ‘Cretaceous Pompeii’
Евгений Харитонов/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Paleontologists in China have discovered a brand new species of burrowing dinosaur that dates back an estimated 125 million years ago. The newly found dinosaur species […]
Entertainment
Emmys 2020 recap: ‘Schitt’s Creek’ sweeps all comedy categories, Zendaya makes history
Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Like everything else in 2020, the Emmy Awards was like no other year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jimmy Kimmel hosted to an empty audience at the Staples Center in Los Angeles […]
Entertainment
Primetime Emmys 2020 — The winners
ABC/Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) — Here’s the complete list of winners from the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted live by Jimmy Kimmel from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, as nominees appeared virtually from their homes: […]
State News
Ernst’s first reaction to news of Ginsburg’s death
Republican Senator Joni Ernst was speaking in Atlantic Friday evening when a reporter informed her Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. Ernst repeated the statement to the crowd and said she was “sorry […]
World News
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commander vows ‘hit’ on all involved in US killing of top general Qassem Soleimani
Oleksii Liskonih/iStockBy SOMAYEH MALEKIAN, ABC News (TEHRAN) — Iran officials again denied Saturday any plot to assassinate the U.S. ambassador in South Africa as an act of retaliation to the killing of the Islamic Revolutionary […]
State News
Grassley and Ernst at center of debate over replacing Ginsburg
The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has thrust Iowa’s U.S. Senators — both Republicans — into the spotlight. The Senate’s Republican leader tonight said there will be a vote this year […]
Entertainment
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, powerhouse Supreme Court Justice, dies at 87
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the powerhouse Supreme Court justice and champion for women’s rights, has died at the age of 87. “Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this evening surrounded by […]
State News
Davenport food bank sees need continuing to rise
Under growing demand, a Davenport-based food bank is providing record numbers of meals to people in eastern Iowa and western Illinois. River Bend Foodbank president and CEO Mike Miller says the pandemic arrived more than […]
State News
State incentives approved for Ankeny food company
The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board has approved state incentives for a central Iowa food manufacturing company. Economic Development Authority spokesperson, Jessica O’Reilly says the board approved tax benefits for the Mrs. Clark’s Food plant […]
Entertainment
Bravo green lights new pop culture series ‘Bravo’s Chat Room’
Bravo Media(LOS ANGELES) — Fans who can’t get enough of Bravo’s hit shows will now see even more of the network’s stars with the new late night series, Bravo’s Chat Room. Executive produced by Andy Cohen of Watch What Happens […]
Entertainment
TikTok, WeChat to be banned from US app stores starting Sunday
Chesnot/Getty Images(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Starting Sunday, downloads of the massively popular video app TikTok and the messaging app WeChat will be banned in the United States, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Friday morning. The […]