Red Cross issues urgent appeal for blood donors
Aug 06, 2024
By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) The American Red Cross says we’re now under a blood shortage emergency, as extreme heat, natural disasters and summer vacations are causing a critical drop in donations. Josh Murray, spokesman…
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Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report
Aug 06, 2024
DES MOINES -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally,…
Mahaska Board of Supervisors Approves 28E Agreements with City of Fremont, Discontinues Search for Economic Development Director
Aug 06, 2024
By Sam Parsons The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors held a regular meeting yesterday morning. The board approved new 28E agreements with the city of Fremont for Police Protection Services in fiscal years 2024 and…
LAINEY WILSON GETTING A HIGHWAY NAMED AFTER HER
Aug 05, 2024
Baskin, Louisiana had a grand total of 210 people living there in the 2020 census. It would have had at least one more, but the town's most famous resident, Lainey Wilson, left to make a name for…
Justice Department sues TikTok, accusing the company of illegally collecting children's data
Aug 05, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children’s online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency. The complaint, filed…
July keeps string of wet months going
Aug 05, 2024
By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) DNR hydrologist Tim Hall says it looks like July will end up slightly wetter than normal once the final numbers are in. He says it continues the string of normal…
Mahaska County Board of Supervisors to Consider 28E Agreements, Hiring of Economic Development Director
Aug 05, 2024
By Sam Parsons The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors have their next regularly scheduled meeting scheduled for this morning. The agenda features the consideration of 28E agreements with the city of Fremont for Police Protection…
EPA ends oversight of clean up related to Iowa plant explosion
Aug 05, 2024
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The U-S Environmental Protection Agency has ended its oversight of clean-up at the eastern Iowa recycling facility that exploded in late 2022. Asphalt shingles were being recycled at the…
JOHNNY CASH TO GET A STATUE IN DC
Aug 02, 2024
"The Man In Black" will be the "Man In Bronze" - or, whatever they make statues of. Johnny Cash is getting honored with a statue to be erected in the nation's capital next month. Five years ago, then-Arkansas governor Asa…
Federal judge overturns $4.7 billion jury verdict in 'Sunday Ticket' lawsuit and rules for NFL
Aug 02, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge overturned a jury's $4.7 billion verdict in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL and has granted judgment to the NFL. U.S. District Judge…