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60 Years with Holland Contracting! – Business After Hours 9/24
Come celebrate 60 years with Holland Contracting! Join us for a Business After Hours event over at Holland Contracting for an open house, refreshments and some light appetizers! We hope to see you there!. Tuesday, September 24th, 4:30-6:30pm. Holland Contracting, 1400 S 4th Street, Forest City, IA 50436.
State emails related to alleged murder still undisclosed after three months
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services says it can’t comment on a teenager’s alleged murder of a child-care worker in May and it has yet to disclose related emails that were requested three months ago. In May, 15-year-old Jovahn Mathis was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 50-year-old Kathleen Galloway-Menke at […]
Updated: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for a Portion of Southwest Iowa
(Des Moines) Storms are expected to pop up in southwest Iowa this afternoon and move out of the area this evening. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 11:00 p.m. for Cass, Adair, Adams, Fremont, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, and Union counties. Rod Donavan is with the National Weather...
Iowa State Patrol Dubs August “Aggressive Driving Enforcement” Month
The Iowa State Patrol (ISP) is looking to curb traffic crashes during the month of August. That’s Trooper Tom Williams with the ISP’s Mason City District office, who says a spike in travel comes from many people still traveling on family vacations and more students driving when school gets back in session later this month.
Meet the 10-year-old who blew away Iowa State Fair judges with his harmonica playing
August "Gus" Major's learned to love the blues from his dad who is in a band. So it only made sense that the 10-year-old would enter the Youth Harmonica Contest at the Iowa State Fair. Some might have been a little blue about being the only contestant, but not Gus. ...
State Patrol Identifies Rochester Man Killed in Crash on Minnesota Interstate
Blue Earth, MN (KROC-AM News)- The State Patrol has identified the Rochester man who was killed in a crash on a southern Minnesota freeway. It was a single-vehicle crash that happened on Wednesday morning. The fatal rollover crash was reported around 8:30 AM in Faribault County several miles west of Blue Earth.
Long Delayed Conviction Sends Rochester Man to Prison
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Rochester man is headed to prison for a shooting that occurred nearly 5 years ago. An Olmsted County judge in April found 43-year-old Abdusalam Omar Hussein guilty of two counts of second-degree assault, one involving a dangerous weapon, and a felony count of illegal possession of a firearm. He was accused of shooting another man multiple times in the leg in an attack that occurred on the morning of November 3, 2019.
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