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The mission of Radio Iowa is to report news on the State of Iowa with special emphasis on Iowa Government and Politics.
Radio Iowa
8h ago
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is firing new criticism at the Pentagon after an audit found tens of thousands of incidents where government workers inappropriately used federal pandemic dollars for personal expenses. Grassley, a Republican, says it’s a “slap in the face to the taxpayer” that millions of dollars in military spending is being so blatantly ..read more
Radio Iowa
10h ago
The body of a missing northwest Iowa trucker has been found a mile and a half from where his truck was found abandoned in November. The wife of 53-year-old David Schultz of Wall Lake says she suspects foul play in his death. Sarah Schultz spoke this morning at a news conference broadcast by KTIV TV ..read more
Radio Iowa
12h ago
A nearly $19 million housing project in Spirit Lake will be built a few blocks from a manufacturing facility that employs 750. The Polaris plant in Spirit Lake produces Victory motorcycles and Polaris RANGER utility vehicles. Robert Smith of Talon Development says when the project is finished, there will be 126 rental units. “Phase one will ..read more
Radio Iowa
12h ago
The body of a missing northwest Iowa truck driver has been found. Fifty-three-year-old David Schultz of Wall Lake was reported missing in November. His truck and its contents were found parked on a highway in Sac County. His wife told KCCI TV that her husband’s body was found in a Sac County field and he ..read more
Radio Iowa
12h ago
Whatever your weekend plans, Iowans are being warned they’ll need to keep an eye on the weather, as severe storms may be moving in soon. Meteorologist Andrew Ansorge, at the National Weather Service, says we’ll have scattered rain showers and a few thunderstorms tonight, which shouldn’t pose much trouble, but the rest of the weekend ..read more
Radio Iowa
16h ago
A research scientist in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa is delighted NASA engineers were able to reestablish communication with the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which has flown further into space than any human-made object. Dr. Bill Kurth says Voyager, which he started working on at the UI five decades ago, is ..read more
Radio Iowa
16h ago
The Iowa legislature has set aside $250,000 to start developing accurate maps of Iowa’s underground water resources. State geologist Keith Schilling is director of the Iowa Geological Survey, the agency that will develop the maps of shallow groundwater supplies. “There’s an increasing demand for groundwater in Iowa from municipal users, business and industries and even ..read more
Radio Iowa
1d ago
The Iowa DCI has identified the man found dead Sunday in Harrison County. The State Medical Examiner says the man is 53-year-old Douglas Manley of Missouri Valley, and determined he was beaten to death. Twenty-two-year-old Sebastin O’Brien, of Little Sioux was arrested for first-degree murder after he crashed Manley’s truck around 4:30 p.m. Sunday south ..read more
Radio Iowa
1d ago
Developers of a northwest Iowa wind farm plan to erect 18 turbines in Emmet County. The Red Rock Wind Energy Center project is being scaled back in neighboring Dickinson County, though, as officials consider changes to Dickinson County’s wind turbine ordinance. Joe Crowley is project developer for Invenergy, the company building the wind farm. “We’ve ..read more
Radio Iowa
1d ago
The city Waterloo is planning to convert a long vacant Rath meatpacking plant building into almost 90 affordable apartments for seniors. Waterloo City Administrator Noel Anderson says that could free up many single-family homes for first-time homebuyers, and could mean revitalization for the city. “We need that new construction or rehabilitation of senior housing greatly ..read more