Month: March 2023

The commissioner of the Iowa Department of Public Safety says at least 30 school district received swatting calls this morning. Those are calls where someone reports a shooting to get police to respond. DPS commissioner […]

A new “Safe and Sound Iowa” smart phone app is available to let Iowans anonymously report school-related safety concerns. “This tool helps identify and provide intervention to students in crisis before they hurt themselves or […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says if there are demonstrations today  related to the anticipated arrest of former President Donald Trump, he hopes things don’t get out of hand like during the U.S. Capitol riots on […]

The movement of inmates inside the Anamosa State Penitentiary is being restricted after three inmates became unresponsive this weekend due to exposure to some sort of substance. According to the Department of Corrections,  a “large […]

Many people in Iowa are buzzing about beekeeping and producing their own honey, and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering an introductory course next week. Stephanie Harrington, the extension’s natural resources program coordinator, […]

Spring arrived on the calendar Monday, and National Weather Service Meteorologist Rod Donovan, says we’ll see it show up on the thermometer as March winds down. “As we go through March it’s one of our […]

Several schools in Iowa are dealing with fake calls today about possible shootings at district buildings. Classes were canceled at Clinton High School amid reports of possible gunshots having been fired at the school. The […]

House Democrats are planning to push to make contraceptives, like the pill, available without a prescription. Representative Lindsay James, a Democrat from Dubuque, says pharmacists in 20 states are able to provide birth control without […]

A man and woman living in Wapello County have been sentenced to two years in federal prison for coercing two men from Micronesia to work in an Ottumwa meatpacking plant. A federal judge has ordered […]

A study commissioned by the renewable fuels industry suggests corn prices in Iowa would drop significantly if carbon capture pipelines are not built in Iowa. “It’s like asking a farmer, a corn farmer on the […]

A Marshalltown man is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a man Friday. Marshalltown Police Chief Mike Tupper, says it started with a 9-1-1 call around 4 p.m. Friday about an injured person […]

The Maple Syrup Festival at the Indian Creek Nature Center near Cedar Rapids will mark its 40th year this weekend. The Nature Center’s Jean Wiedenheft says in the early days they tapped mostly boxelder trees […]

A member of the Irish parliament spent the weekend in northwest Iowa. For the first time since the pandemic, Emmetsburg resumed its tradition of having an Irish politician as a guest at the city’s St. […]

A pedestrian was hit and killed near Des Moines on Sunday night. The Iowa State Patrol says a pickup truck was headed westbound on Interstate 80 near Altoona about 8:30 PM when it struck a […]

An investigation is underway after a weekend incident at the Anamosa State Penitentiary sent four people to the hospital. Multiple media outlets say an inmate had a medical emergency late Saturday night. The unidentified inmate […]

Today marks the first day of spring, and it’s also the start of Poison Prevention Week in Iowa. Tammy Noble, a registered nurse and spokeswoman for the Iowa Poison Control Center, says once people launch […]

The author of a new book contrasting first-hand accounts of China in the 1980s versus the modern era will be in central Iowa for an event tonight. Patti Isaacs first visited China in 1981 on […]

A lead sponsor of a bill that would set new regulations for proposed carbon pipelines projects says there may be changes in the bill when it’s debated in the House. The main part of the […]