Month: April 2022

It took extra effort to trigger the emergency sirens that warned residents in three northern Iowa towns when a storm system rolled through that produced a tornado that hit nearby Kanawha earlier this month. Testing […]

Iowans who are doing some spring cleaning this weekend can plunk all of their bottles of unused prescription medications into a bag and drop it off on Saturday for safe, anonymous disposal. Dale Woolery, director […]

The snow is finally gone and what’s now being found along many Iowa roadways isn’t pretty. Hamilton County Sheriff Doug Timmons says he’s hearing frequent complaints from residents about garbage dumping in ditches. “If we […]

A 57-year-old Davenport man has been sentenced to nearly 18 years in federal prison on child pornography charges. Court documents indicate Davenport Police received a tip about James Anthony Rogers, got search warrants and found […]

Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra says it’s time for the U.S. Justice Department to take “real steps” to sanction the four companies that control 80% of the U.S. the beef packing industry. Feenstra cites the amount […]

Hy-Vee is eliminating up to 500 more jobs at its corporate offices. The company is offering to pay moving expenses for an undisclosed number of those corporate employees who accept retail jobs in Hy-Vee stores. […]

A new report details the healthiest — and least healthy — counties in Iowa, based on more than 30 factors that influence how long and how well people live. Michael Stevenson, a team leader at […]

A new report from a progressive think tank finds 15% of Iowa households with at least one full-time worker did not have enough income to meet basic needs in 2020. The “Cost of Living in […]

The Centers for Disease Control’s latest COVID data indicates nearly 62% of Iowans are fully vaccinated. The older an Iowan is, the more likely they are to have gotten COVID shots. For example, 87 percent […]