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Iowa State Sets New Record for Research Funding: $346.2 Million in FY24
Dan Kirkpatrick, Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research. This past September, Iowa State received a four-year, $14 million grant from the National Science Foundation to design and plan a new state-of-the art facility to test the loads that extreme wind events place on large-scale models of buildings and structures. The multi-disciplinary, multi-institution project is led by Partha Sarkar, Aerospace Engineering. Photo by Ryan Riley, College of Engineering, Iowa State University.
Why Ed Carpenter thinks IndyCar should stop driving hybrid cars
NEWTON, Iowa (WISH) — Longtime IndyCar driver and team owner Ed Carpenter didn’t mince words after he ended Iowa’s Hy-Vee One Step 250 on top of Kyle Kirkwood’s car. “We’re spending a lot of money to make our racing worse,” Carpenter said in a video shared with News 8 from Always Race Day. Carpenter’s referring […]
Fewer vacancies, more applicants: Iowa school districts say 4-day week already paying off
Superintendents in two central Iowa school districts says their switch to a four-day school week is already paying off — before students are even back in class. Saydel Community School District, which has about 1,400 students in unincorporated Polk County between Ankeny and Des Moines, opted in February to change the school week...
First Ever State Record Fish in Iowa
(Lewis) Starting January 1, there will be a new list of state record fish to attempt to get in addition to the original list. On Saturday morning, DNR Fisheries Biologist John Lorenzen’s DNR Report on KSOM, the state conservation commission, established a set of records of large Iowa fish caught by anglers in June 1962, thus beginning the official list of State Record Fish. Interestingly, the first record submitted was from a seven-pound, four-ounce, 22.5-inch largemouth bass caught at Cold Springs Park southwest of Lewis.
Iowa State Fair Fundraiser Rakes In $700K
(Des Moines, IA) -- A State Fair fundraiser recently hauled in more than 700-thousand dollars. Proceeds from the Blue Ribbon Foundation's Corndog Kickoff go toward fairground renovation and preservation projects. Past donations are funding renovations to the livestock and sheep barns, and work on Ye Old Mill, among other projects.
More than 30,000 ESA applications approved for the upcoming school year
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Department of Education says it has gotten more than 35,000 Education Savings Account applications. Already, 30,000 of them have been accepted for the upcoming school year. Last year, the first year of the program, just under 20,000 applications were authorized. The ESA program gives...
Flight Over Des Moines kicks off National Balloon Classic
INDIANOLA, Iowa — Hot air balloons will soon dot the sky in central Iowa for the National Balloon Classic in Indianola. Hot air balloon pilots woke up bright and early Monday, launching from Water Works Park in Des Moines to kick off the National Balloon Classic. The Flight Over...
Historic front page from the Des Moines Register, Feb. 22, 1950: Television comes to Iowa
The Register reports on Feb. 22, 1950, that Iowans flocked to stores to watch as Iowa State University-owned TV station WOI becomes the first in Iowa to go on the air. "One thing was certain. Everyone seemed to agree that television was like the horseless carriage ― definitely here to stay," it writes, and uses the occasion to launch its own television section. Three years later, the Register and Tribune will join the new medium, launching KRNT-TV. ISU eventually sells WOI to a commercial broadcasting network, and KRNT, spun off as part of a separate company, will become today's KCCI.
Inside Out Wellness & Advocacy Welcomed to Perry Community with Ribbon Cutting
A local business within the Perry community recently held a ribbon cutting to show off their facility. The Perry Chamber of Commerce was at Inside Out Wellness & Advocacy Friday to celebrate the organization’s new Children’s Crisis Stabilization Center and Outpatient Mental Health Clinic in Perry. According to Inside Out, the stabilization center will be providing mental health services for children later this summer and plan to add an adult crisis center in the fall.
ADM Softball Gears Up for Regional Championship Tonight
The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Softball team is focusing on winning one final game against Winterset to advance to the state tournament in Fort Dodge. The Tigers will be in Adel tonight battle versus the Huskies in the Class 4A Region 4 Championship game. ADM and Winterset are super familiar with each other as they both represent the Raccoon River Conference and although the Tigers took both games this season, it was by one run in each game. ADM beat Winterset 2-1 in eight innings on June 5th and then captured a 6-5 victory in Adel on June 26th when Sophomore Lauren Hagedorn won the game on a walkoff in the seventh inning.
Chargers Head Softball Coach on Season
With the 2024 season over, AC/GC Chargers Head Softball Coach Eric Van Meter looks back on the team’s season. Van Meter mentions that he’s proud of what the Chargers did this last season, as there was only one team he thought they didn’t play well against. The team ended the season with a 13-13 record on an 11-0 loss to the Van Meter Bulldogs. Van Meter tells Raccoon Valley Radio that the senior class for this year was a strong group that holds a special place in his heart, since his daughter is included among the five.
Storms spawning a EF1 tornado in Iowa on Monday were part of a derecho. What to know:
The storm that Iowans experienced Monday was part of a derecho. “The derecho began in Iowa and went through portions of Illinois and southern Wisconsin into Indiana and southern Michigan,” Matthew Elliott, a warning coordination meteorologist with the Storm Prediction Center and National Weather Service, said in an email to the Des Moines...
Storm Across Iowa Leaves Hundreds of Thousands Without Power [VIDEO]
Iowa was greeted by an extreme storm yesterday that produced 90+ mph wind gusts, hail, tornados, tree damage, and power outages. The storm traveled east from Iowa to Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana, as 3 other states suffered the same wrath as we did in Iowa. Check out this graphic showing how much area this storm covered.
Trevor's Take (7/16): Previewing a busy night of baseball, softball
(KMAland) -- Tonight was already fixing to be a fun night, but Mother Nature threw a wrench in things last night, creating even more action. Let's look at the KMAland fun tonight with regional final softball and substate final baseball going down. KMALAND BASEBALL SCHEDULE. Substate Semifinals. 3A-8 Lewis Central...
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