Smile, be patient & keep calm when trying to return gifts
Dec 27, 2021
BY MATT KELLEY If you got an ugly Christmas sweater, something in the wrong size or a duplicate item as a gift, ’tis now the season for returns and lines at customer service counters are long.…
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Tuesday is 175th anniversary of Iowa or, as they used to say, Ioway
Dec 27, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Tuesday is statehood day. Iowa became a state on December 28, 1846, Iowa’s 175 anniversary. Iowa hasn’t always been the word residents have used to refer to the state. Leo Landis, curator…
Maren Morris Teases New Music In 2022
Dec 27, 2021
It looks like Maren Morris fans are getting new music in the New Year. The singer shared a tease on social media to let fans know what’s coming. The eight-second clip starts with just the year “2022,”…
Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers
Dec 24, 2021
By PHILIP MARCELO, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN BOSTON (AP) — Staff absences for COVID-19 tripled this month in London’s hospitals, and nearly 10% of the city’s firefighters called out sick. In New York,…
New space telescope should allow for deeper gaze into the galaxies
Dec 24, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR A University of Iowa researcher is eager to see what NASA’s newest telescope is able to find at the edges of the universe. The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled for launch…
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are among the very worst for cooking fires
Dec 24, 2021
BY MATT KELLEY Along with Thanksgiving, today and tomorrow are the top three days of the year for cooking fires in Iowa and nationwide. Andrea Vaspis, public education director for the National Fire Protection Association, says December…
Ottumwa New Year Holiday Notices
Dec 24, 2021
City of Ottumwa departments and offices at City Hall will be closed Friday, December 31st in observance of the New Year Holiday. A number of municipal government offices and services will be closed including: City of…
Brothers Osborne Releasing Deluxe Version Of “Skeleton”
Dec 24, 2021
Brothers Osborne is giving fans some more music next month. The duo is set to release a deluxe version of their GRAMMY-nominated album “Skeletons” on January 21st. The deluxe version features three new tracks, their single…
To grandmother’s house or no? Omicron disrupts holiday plans
Dec 23, 2021
By LAURA UNGAR and TALI ARBEL AP - Dave Fravel and his wife invited several relatives to their Cape Cod home for Christmas to share food, gifts and the togetherness they’ve longed for during the…
Iowa man arraigned on 7 charges for Jan. 6 US Capitol attack
Dec 23, 2021
By DAVID PITT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man charged earlier for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arraigned Tuesday on a new federal indictment that includes a felony…