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Dubuque Police Warn Residents About Ongoing Phone Scam
Scams are prevalent across the country, and unfortunately, Iowa is not immune to such attempts at theft. Earlier this year, I wrote about how Iowans alone lost over $42 million to several different types of dangerous scams. That equates to $1.3 million lost per 100,000 residents. That's a confounding figure.
MidAmerican outage map shows power is back in Urbandale after Monday tornado
A round of severe weather, including at least one tornado, pushed through the Des Moines metro area during rush hour on Monday. Severe weather threats continued across the state and severe storms battered the Quad Cities area, leaving tens of thousands without power there. Follow more updates as Iowans continue to clean...
Regional Sports (7/15): Witt finishes second in Home Run Derby
(KMAland) -- Regional college sports news updates are posted throughout the day. Continue to refresh for all of the latest from regional schools listed below. -Drew Waters named International League Player of the Week: https://www.milb.com/omaha/news/drew-waters-named-international-league-player-of-the-week. -Bobby Witt. Jr takes second in Home Run Derby: https://www.mlb.com/royals/news/bobby-witt-jr-falls-in-home-run-derby-finals-2024. Iowa. -Sandfort, Mulvey named to...
Hey Iowa, Changes Are Coming to Your Favorite Target Store
Changes are coming to Target department stores across Iowa and the rest of the country beginning on July 15th. To be fair...there's a good chance this change doesn't affect you at all. Target will stop taking a once-popular form of payment beginning next week, and there's a good chance it's been years or even decades since you've paid at a Target register using one of these.
USPS Announces Mailing Service Changes Impacting Iowa Residents
For the past 240 years, the United States Postal Service has played a key role in keeping the country connected. USPS officials have been trying to come up with ways to improve their revenue. According to the official USPS website, the department has recorded $87 billion in financial losses over...
Dutch Defeat Storm Lake In First Round Of Baseball Playoffs
M-O-C Floyd Valley defeated Storm Lake 11-1 in six innings Friday night in a sub-state quarter-final game played at Orange City. The Dutch scored an unearned run in the 3rd inning to take a 1-0 lead and then hit Tornado starting pitcher Charlie Dvergsten for four runs on four hits in the 4th inning and they add another three runs in the 5th and again in the 6th inning.
The Milford Park Board has a plan to enhance all city parks
Milford, IA (KICD) — The Milford Park Board has a plan to enhance all city parks. Mayor Steve Anderson says they’ll start with a four-phase update of Florence Park near the High School. As for longer-term plans …. Florence Park already got a bump in activity when...
Unity Christian wins district baseball title at West Lyon
LARCHWOOD, IA (Dakota News Now) - The Unity Christian Knights scored three times in the eighth inning to stun the host West Lyon Wildcats and win the District 2 Championship 6-3 on Saturday night in Larchwood in Iowa Class 2A Substate Baseball Playoff action. Click on the video viewer for...
Mom Admits She Keeps Kids’ Birthday and Christmas Money-But There’s A Twist
An Iowa mom-of-two has admitted she keeps all of the money her kids get given on birthdays and Christmas. Courtney Colombo from Mason City took to social media to explain how she was preparing her kids for the future and "ain't sorry" it had to be this way. However, Colombo...
Sioux Center purchases new Chamber space
SIOUX CENTER—The city of Sioux Center will purchase the building space at the former Kroese & Kroese building slated to become the new home of the Sioux Center Chamber of Commerce later this year. The Sioux Center City Council during its June 25 meeting approved paying $150,000 toward the...
West Lyon softball advances to region championship
LARCHWOOD, IOWA (KELO) — The West Lyon Wildcats advanced to the class 3A Regional championship after cruising past MOC-Floyd Valley 7-4 Saturday evening. The Wildcats softball team scored five in the sixth helping claim the win. West Lyon had 9 hits. Pitcher Jersey Hawf had a complete game, only allowed six hits and struck out […]
Sioux City Explorers release Chase Harris
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – The Sioux City Explorers have released longtime outfielder Chase Harris. Harris, who was a 14th round pick in the 2014 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies, has played in 317 games for the Explorers since arriving in 2021. The longest-tenured Explorer earned the American Association’s Defensive Player of the Year […]
Vote: Des Moines Register Iowa Ortho Athletes of the Week for July 8-14
Last week saw postseason play for Iowa high school softball and baseball begin in all classes. The regional finals for all five classes of softball were set up. The 1A and 2A substate final fields were also determined, while 3A and 4A baseball play began with their quarterfinal rounds on July 12.
Trump shot; hit and run; storm damage
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s Sunday, July 14. Take a look at our top stories with KELOLAND On The GO. Police are investigating a deadly car versus motorcycle crash in southeast Sioux Falls. Police are also investigating a hit-and-run crash on the west side of Sioux Falls...
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