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David Trinko: Unexpected move for an area priest
Jul. 6—At this point in his life, Father Dennis Walsh looked forward to a slower pace of life. "I mean, at this point in my priesthood, I was looking at a quieter parish without the administrative load," Walsh, 58, said. "So that was kind of the horizon that I was looking at." As they say, if you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans. Walsh, a Lima native, settled down Sunday, June 9 to ...
Reminder: DNR Hosting Meetings on Declining Deer Population
(Lewis) The deer population in western Iowa is decreasing. A series of public meetings are scheduled next week to address the decline. John Lorenzen, from the DNR Office in Lewis, says the series of sessions is called the “Western Iowa Deer Initiative.”. The deer harvest figures showed a significant...
Essential Dos and Don’ts for Iowa’s New THC Regulations
On Monday, July 1st at midnight, a new law went into effect, causing some restaurants, bars, and distributors to panic. It's a new state law focused on the use and sale of tetrahydrocannabinol, otherwise known as THC. The new law (HF 2605) does not outright ban THC in products like...
Death and two hospitalizations trigger $5,687 fine against nursing home
An Iowa nursing home has been fined $5,687 for quality-of-care issues that resulted in one resident’s death and the hospitalization of two others. In May, the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing visited the Crestview Specialty Care facility in West Branch in response to nine separate complaints concerning resident care. Four of the complaints […] The post Death and two hospitalizations trigger $5,687 fine against nursing home appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.
Iowa high school baseball highlights and scores (7-5-24)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – Attached are the highlights and scores from our local Iowa high school baseball games from July 5th, 2024: Algona 4, Bishop Heelan 2 Creston 5, Denison-Schleswig 3 (Game 1 – Doubleheader) Denison-Schleswig 9, Creston 3 (Game 2 – Doubleheader) Sioux City North 5, Unity Christian 1 Akron-Westfield 12, Trinity Christian […]
TanTara Transportation Corp. bringing donations to Iowa flood victims
MUSCATINE, Iowa (KWQC) - On Saturday, June 22, 2024, rapid flooding in Spencer, Iowa, caused a near-total shutdown of city services as residents dealt with a disaster rarely seen in the area. Twenty-one counties in the state of Iowa are under a disaster declaration. More than a dozen rivers flooded in the northwest part of the state. By Sunday night, disaster declarations covered 25 Iowa counties.
IRS data: Iowans flocking to states with no state income tax
(The Center Square) - Migration data from the Internal Revenue Service shows that thousands of Iowans are leaving the state for Texas and Florida, which have no state income tax. Texas drew nearly 5,000 residents from Iowa but 3,475 Texans left for the Hawkeye state. The state lost a net $68.3 million in adjusted gross income due to more people leaving Iowa for Texas, according to the data. Just over...
Rain, rain and more rain…when will it end?
We have certainly had no shortage of rain across southeastern Minnesota and northern Iowa over the last few days/weeks/months. Compared to this time last year, we couldn’t be more opposite in fact! While it has been great to see more rain, it has gotten quite excessive for many, leading to frequent flooding concerns.
Forecast: A Few Storms, Drying Out, and Beryl
Let’s get the most exciting news out of the way first: we have almost no severe storm risk for most of the 7-day forecast. Colorado State’s severe weather algorithm below shows a slight risk Sunday evening, but the likelihood seems low as I type this Friday evening. On Saturday, a trough of low pressure will […]
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