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Winterizing and Cleaning Fishing Boats
(Area) As winter approaches, it's time to start thinking about preparing your boats and equipment. John Lorenzen, Fisheries Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says there are stil...
Mandy Billings Oct 20, 2024
Teen Tobacco Use At 25-Year-Low
(Undated) -- Tobacco use among American teenagers is at a new low. On Thursday, the CDC and FDA announced teen tobacco use is now the lowest its been in the last 25 years. The number of teens who use ...
Mandy Billings Oct 20, 2024
Gas Prices Higher This Week
(Des Moines) According to AAA, the price of regular unleaded gasoline rose three cents, averaging $3.01 across Iowa, and 28 cents lower than last year. The national average on Wednesday was $3.20, dow...
Tom Robinson Oct 20, 2024
Updated: Two Juveniles in Custody in Connection with Shooting in Council Bluffs
(Council Bluffs) Two 16-year-old males are in custody in connection with the October 17th shooting of a 14-year-old in Council Bluffs. According to Police, after receiving several tips from citizens, ...
Tom Robinson Oct 19, 2024
Lots of Opportunities for Funding Clean Energy in Rural America
(NAFB) The U.S. Department of Agriculture is announcing $145 million in funding for 700 loan and grant awards through the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, to help agricultural producers and ...
Tom Robinson Oct 19, 2024
Gov. Reynolds appoints Adam Miller as District Judge 
(Des Moines) On Friday, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced Adam Miller's appointment as a district judge in Judicial District 3A. Miller, of Cherokee, Iowa, is an attorney at Miller Miller-Miller PC...
Tom Robinson Oct 19, 2024
Several arrested for Distribution of Methamphetamine in Stuart
(Stuart) The Stuart Police Department has announced the successful conclusion of two significant drug-related incidents that highlights their officers ongoing commitment to combating methamphetamine d...
Mandy Billings Oct 18, 2024
Iowa utility companies say they're prepared for winter weather
(State) As temperatures across Iowa flirt with freezing, some Iowans may have started eyeing the thermostat, and thinking about winter heating bills. Representatives from Iowa utility companies said T...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Oct 18, 2024
Iowa Deer Hemorrhagic Disease Outbreak
(Des Moines) Iowa's deer population is in the midst of another outbreak of hemorrhagic disease, which tends to affect Iowa deer from late summer to early fall. Though outbreak severity varies annually...
Tom Robinson Oct 18, 2024
Iowa DNR Evaluating Walleye Stocking
(Area) Fisheries crews across the state are evaluating the walleye stockings that took place last fall or this spring. John Lorenzen, Fisheries Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources,...
Mandy Billings Oct 18, 2024