NEWS

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A sports bettor who heckled Olympic champion sprinter Gabby Thomas during a Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia over the weekend has been banned by the betting site FanDuel Sportsbook. In a…

DES MOINES -- The price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 1 cent this week, averaging $2.94 across Iowa according to AAA. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil rose this week on the…

KNOXVILLE, Iowa – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces a full road closure to Highway T15 across the Red Rock Dam June 9-11. The closure is necessary for the ongoing rehabilitation…

DRAKESVILLE – An accident in rural Davis County yesterday afternoon resulted in one man being airlifted to the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics for treatment of serious injuries. According to traffic records, at around…

OTTUMWA – An Ottumwa man is now facing several charges after police say he ignored multiple no-contact orders and harassed a woman continually, eventually crashing his vehicle into her car. According to court records, 43-year-old…

NEW YORK (AP) — Final results from a long-running U.S.-based experiment announced Tuesday show a tiny particle continues to act strangely -- but that's still good news for the laws of physics as we know them. “This experiment is…

DES MOINES -- The Iowa DNR has issued a statewide Air Quality Alert through 6 a.m. Thursday, June 5. The Air Quality Index (AQI) may reach the red or unhealthy category in affected areas. Thick smoke…

AMES, Iowa—Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Pathfinders RC&D, and Grinnell College, will host a prairie and pollinator habitat field day Tuesday, June 24 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA) near…

EDDYVILLE -- Authorities have positively identified the body of a man that was recovered from the Des Moines River last week. The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office reports that yesterday afternoon, at around 4:15pm, they were…

MILAN (AP) — Sicily’s Mount Etna put on a fiery show Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometers (miles) into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population. The…