Author Archives: Tom Robinson
Winter Weather Advisory
(Des Moines) A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 9 a.m. for much of the region this morning. Many schools are delaying classes for 2 hours this morning. Forecasters call for a mixture of prec...
Feb 22, 2022
Some in southwest Iowa communities oppose proposed wind farm
TREYNOR, Iowa (AP) - A plan by MidAmerican Energy to build a large wind farm in southwestern Iowa is drawing opposition from some community residents. Iowa Public Radio reports that MidAmerican is see...
Feb 21, 2022
Disease Hitting Iowa's Burr Oaks
(Des Moines, IA) -- The only oak species that are native in all of Iowa's 99 counties is facing some disease issues. The D-N-R's Tivon Feeley says they are seeing a lot of Bur Oak Blight, which is a f...
Feb 21, 2022
Hospital Patient Arrested for Making Death Threats, Assault
(Waukon, IA) -- A hospital patient has been arrested after police in Waukon say he threatened people at a hospital and then kicked the officer trying to arrest him. K-C-R-G T-V reports the incident ha...
Feb 21, 2022
Reynolds Would Crack Down on Trucker Blockades in Iowa
(Des Moines, IA) -- Governor Kim Reynolds says people involved in blockades and occupations like the one that's been going on in Canada would be quickly arrested if that happened in Iowa, but Reynolds...
Feb 21, 2022
Winter Weather Advisory
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory from Midnight tonight to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday for portions of the southwest, southern, northern, and central Iowa. The counti...
Feb 21, 2022
Reynolds Suggests Changes in Private School Scholarship Plan
(Des Moines, IA) -- Governor Kim Reynolds's plan to provide state scholarships to parents who start sending their kids to private schools is being changed to try to find more votes. Rural lawmakers wo...
Feb 21, 2022
Supreme Court Rules on Drug Search
(Sioux City, IA) --- The Iowa Supreme Court has thrown out a drug possession case in Sioux City based on how the search was conducted. Yale Stevens of Sioux City was convicted of possessing meth follo...
Feb 21, 2022
Three people injured in Des Moines shooting early Sunday
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Three people were injured in a shootout in Des Moines early Sunday. Des Moines Police said the victims said someone in a car driving by fired at them around 2 a.m., and a frien...
Feb 21, 2022
Roommate charged with murder after Ames man dies in stabbing
(Ames, AP) A 39-year-old Iowa man died after being stabbed, and his roommate has been charged with first-degree murder. Ames Police said Sunday that Maccarone Declements died after he was flown to a h...
Feb 21, 2022
