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Forecast: Evening Storms Again, Then Mostly Dry
Again, we’ll see a round of storms move across central Iowa this evening ahead of and along a cold front crossing the state. A few may be strong. Wind and hail will be the main things to watch out for, and we’ll also see heavy rain at times. These look to wrap up by early […]
Iowa DNR issues water advisory for Lake Manawa, Prairie Rose Lake
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is advising against swimming in Lake Manawa, along with 14 other beaches across the state. The DNR says swimming is not recommended in Lake Manawa because of E. coli concerns. Swimming is not advised in Prairie Rose Lake near Harlan in Shelby County; the same is true for Blue Lake in Lewis and Clark State Park across the Missouri River from Decatur, Neb.
Louisiana, keep your hands off my Commandments
Neal Schuster is the rabbi of Temple B’nai Jeshurun in Des Moines. This essay is the prepared version of remarks he delivered at a Shabbat service on June 28. Well, let’s see – what’s in the news? What’s in the news?. Hmm, let’s see. Oh,...
13 states with Republican governors opt out of summer food program for kids
A new, permanent summer grocery program will help nearly 21 million kids across 37 states get enough to eat this year while school’s out. But Iowa and 12 other states with Republican governors have opted out of the federal program, citing their opposition to what they deride as “welfare” and their unwillingness to cover administrative […] The post 13 states with Republican governors opt out of summer food program for kids appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.
Iowa Project AWARE Begins Cleanup Of Skunk River This Week
Over the next week, hundreds of volunteers are canoeing across the Skunk River in the KCII listening area as part of the Iowa Project AWARE annual river cleanup. An acronym for A Watershed Awareness River Expedition, Iowa Project AWARE began with the DNR in 2003 before moving to the non-profit N-Compass Incorporated. Event Director, Nina Marquardt shared the mission of their efforts with KCII. “Iowa Project AWARE is a volunteer river cleanup organization that goes to a different river in Iowa every year by canoe and clean up all of the visible trash and recycle as much as possible. We tent camp together at night and then in the evenings we hold educational programs in camps.”
The Last Man Ever Put to Death in the State of Iowa
Iowa is one of 23 states (along with Washington D.C.) that have abolished Capital Punishment. However, that wasn't always the case. The last time the state of Iowa performed the Death Penalty within its borders was in 1963. The practice would be banned statewide two years later, although there have been several efforts to bring it back in recent years.
DNR Looking for Help with Annual Turkey Survey
(Lewis) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is asking for the public’s help with its wild turkey production survey for July and August. John Lorenzen, with the DNR Office in Lewis, says participants are to note the date and the county where the turkey was seen, mark down if it is an adult female or male, and indicate the number of poults present. Lorenzen says the DNR uses the information to gauge next year’s population in part by nest success.
Extreme heat and floods are back in the Midwest. How does climate change play in?
“Because our climate is changing overall, there’s pieces of climate change no matter what happens,” said the director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Midwest Climate Hub
American Pickers show fakery and secrets revealed including filming in closed store & Danielle Colby’s role at Iowa shop
AMERICAN Pickers is set to return in the fall on History Channel, but a source has exclusively claimed to The U.S. Sun there is show fakery and secrets viewers may be shocked to learn. American Pickers – which stars Mike and Robbie Wolfe, Danielle Colby, and Jon “Jersey Jon” Szalay – often films inside Mike’s […]
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