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Storms Tonight, Some Could be Severe
OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) - We are monitoring the potential for strong to severe storms this evening and tonight. Between now and midnight, we will be watching scattered storms work their way across southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. Some of these storms could become severe, with primary threats including damaging winds, large hail, and an isolated tornado. A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect for the KYOU area until 11 PM. Lows overnight drop into the mid to upper 60s. Friday brings calmer weather with plenty of sunshine and high temperatures in the mid 80s to near 90. Dew points in the upper 60s will make it a rather warm and muggy day, so make sure you’re drinking plenty of water and have a way to cool off if you’re spending time outside. Lows Friday night drop into the 60s, and the weekend brings more quiet weather with partly to mostly sunny skies and cooler temperatures, in the low to mid 80s. Dew points drop as well, into the mid to lower 60s, and we keep this quiet and seasonable trend in our weather as we head into the start of next week.
Missouri spending $11M for all children to receive a book monthly through age 5
(The Center Square) – Missouri is spending $11 million for a nonprofit organization to mail a free book each month to all children up to age 5. Senate Bills 681 and 662 in 2022 created the nonprofit “Missouri Imagination Library” to operate through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and partner with “Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library,” funded by the nonprofit The Dollywood Foundation. The legislation requires the general assembly to appropriate at least $2.5 million annually to fund the program. It was sponsored by...
Is Nuclear Waste Poisoning This Missouri Suburb? How 2 Moms Teamed Up for Answers, Even If They Die Trying
The first warning sign was the stench that seemed to fill the air of Dawn Chapman’s suburban St. Louis neighborhood in 2012. “You could smell burning, but there was something different about it, like jet fuel,” she says in this week's issue of PEOPLE. Her three children started to wake in the night with irritated eyes or bloody noses caused, she believes, by the caustic fumes.
Judge strikes down anti-ESG rule in Missouri
A federal judge has struck down rules in Missouri that aimed to limit the impact environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies have in investment advice. U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough sided Wednesday with the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in an order on all four counts, saying that the rules violated the First Amendment, were unconstitutionally vague and were preempted by multiple federal laws.
'Missourians deserve better': Top utility regulator killed service shutoff bill, newly released emails show
MISSOURI, USA — A law that would have forced Missouri's electricity, water and gas utility providers to disclose which of the state's ZIP codes faced the most shutoffs was effectively shut down by Gov. Parson. However, new emails obtained by the Energy and Policy Institute found there was more going on behind the scenes.
NWS: Mid-Missouri faces a small tornado threat tonight
The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis says Columbia, Jefferson City and much of the 939 the Eagle mid-Missouri listening area could see severe weather this evening, into the overnight hours. NWS St. Louis meteorologist Fred Glass tells 939 the Eagle that the timeframe for Columbia and mid-Missouri would...
Love Is In The Books ... And The Air
Open Door Romance, a new themed book destination, launches at The Novel Neighbor on Saturday, Aug. 17, apropos on the sixth annual U.S. Bookstore Romance Day. Holland Saltsman, owner of the Webster Groves bookstore, said this devoted romance room will function as a place “dedicated to celebrating the love of all things romance, including books, gifts, curated romance displays and events.”
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