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Heat Advisory for Southwest Iowa: Excessive Heat Watch for Harrison and Shelby Counties
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory for southwest Iowa from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. According to the National Weather Service in Des Moines, Heat Index Values of 105 degrees are forecast for this afternoon. A Heat Watch is in effect for Harrison and Shelby Counties...
Des Moines County Sheriff: Tennessee man arrested for Theft, Unauthorized Use of a Credit Card
Burlington, IA- The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of a Tennessee man for theft and unauthorized use of a credit card. According to a news release, on Wednesday, July 24th, the Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office took a report of fraudulent activity on a victims credit card. Deputies learned the victim’s card was used to book a hotel stay.
Quad Cities Forecast: Strong Storms and Flash Flooding Risks Along I-80 Till 10AM
Davenport, IA – Eastern Iowa, including the Quad Cities, is under a weather alert with severe thunderstorms and potential flash flooding expected. A Flood Watch is in effect for areas along and south of Interstate 80 through 10 AM Monday. According to the US National Weather Service Quad Cities...
Drainage School Helps Make the Connection for Field Tile Industry
Field tile drainage is a critical component of Iowa agriculture – making fields more accessible and reducing the amount of surface runoff and waterlogging that would otherwise occur. Nearly one-third of Iowa farmland is currently tiled. But an ongoing challenge is replacing old tile systems and installing new tile...
52 FACES: All the world is a classroom
Burlington High School teacher Aron Kehoe never expected to have a job in conservation, but that all changed after teaching a class on biodiversity. Kehoe, who started working as Des Moines County Conservation’s Community Outdoor Recreation Education Specialist (CORES) in May, got the position by accident. He was teaching...
i9: Iowa landlords not required to provide air conditioning
BURLINGTON, Iowa (KCRG) - Another heatwave is here, but not everyone in Iowa has access to adequate cooling in their homes. An i9 investigation reveals that, in Iowa, there are no laws requiring that access. Kody Hardin is a renter in Burlington who lives with his girlfriend and their 4-month-son.
Steve-O Reveals His Favorite Thing About Iowa, Talks Upcoming Dubuque Show
In June 2022, immensely popular stunt performer and TV personality Steve-O brought his "Bucket List Tour" to Dubuque. At the Five Flags Theater, he treated a sold-out crowd of fans to gnarly videos of stunts and peppered the show with stand-up material and other stories. The result had to be the filthiest show ever performed at Five Flags. And one of the funniest too!
Two Illinois Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Bank Fraud, and Money Laundering
Two Illinois Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Bank Fraud, and Money Laundering (Rock Island, IL) – Two Illinois men – Erik Richard Jones, 46, and Mitchell Allen Melega, 38 – were sentenced on July 23, 2024, to multi-year prison sentences following their convictions for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. Jones, of Colona, Illinois, was sentenced to 54 months of imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release, and Melega, formerly of Orion, Illinois, was sentenced to 75 months of imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release. Both defendants were also ordered to pay $4,840,944.63 in restitution.
Iowa’s six-week abortion ban is now in effect
Many patients seeking abortion care in Iowa in the past few weeks were unaware that the state has banned most abortions beginning Monday, Planned Parenthood staff said. More than six years after the Legislature first attempted to pass the law, abortion became illegal in Iowa, with narrow exceptions, at 8 a.m. Monday. Kristina Remus, a […]
Hot, humid week with rounds of strong storms in eastern Iowa
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — Summer is in full force this week in eastern Iowa due to the ring of fire pattern. The "fire" is intense heat that will be situated to our south; the ring is on the edge of the heat, which will be the region where multiple rounds of storms will move through.