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Five area baseball players, two coaches named to IHSBCA All-Star Series rosters
Rosters have been set for the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star series, which takes place Thursday through Saturday in Pella. Waterloo West’s Tayvon Homolar and Waterloo East’s DeMaris Henderson were named to the large schools East team. Waterloo East coach Eric Jesse was named an assistant for the large school East team.
How much rain impacted central Iowa overnight
Thunderstorms continued to develop and redevelop in the same areas overnight ahead of a very hot and humid week ahead. We had some extreme rain totals in some parts of Iowa by early Monday. Here’s a list of 24-hour totals through 7 AM Monday: More rain and thunderstorms are expected in the overnight hours during […]
Iowa rainfall totals: Pair of Iowa cities received more than 3 inches of rain Sunday
Rounds of heavy rainfall and severe weather moved through most of the state once again on Sunday night. It'll be just the first round this week, the National Weather Service said. Here's how much rain we've gotten in Iowa since Sunday. How much rain did we get in Des Moines? ...
Iowa Hawkeye football player arrested for OWI
POLK COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - An Iowa Hawkeye football player is charged with Operating While Under the Influence. Cade Borud, of Pleasant Hill, was arrested in Polk County early Saturday morning. He’s accused of driving over twice the legal limit. According to a criminal complaint, a state trooper saw...
Local bottle redemption center owners expanding to Ankeny
ANKENY, IOWA — At the very end of the 2023 Iowa Legislative session, lawmakers passed the bottle bill with several goals. One was growing bottle redemption center businesses across the state. Ames Bottle & Can opened up right after lawmakers made changes to the law. The two owners opening...
Des Moines Water Works asks residents to limit lawn watering
DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines Water Works is reminding neighbors to use water wisely as the temperature heats up. Water Works recommends not watering your lawn or gardens on Mondays. It is also asks that you alternate watering days based on your address. Water Works is asking those...
Board settles case with E.R. nurse charged with being impaired while working
The Iowa Board of Nursing has agreed to settle a case involving a nurse accused of being impaired while working in a hospital emergency room. The board has placed the license of Auston Horras, 42, of Des Moines, on probation for one year after charging him with practicing nursing while under the influence of alcohol […]
Joe Shelly candidate for Iowa House District 47 seat
Democratic delegates from Dallas, Greene and Guthrie counties convened July 19 at Sportsman Park in Dawson to nominate Joe Shelly of Perry as their candidate to represent Iowa House District 47. The district includes northwest Dallas and all of Greene and Guthrie Counties. Shelly is a semi-retired union pipefitter and...
Area Boys Named All-District
The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association has released its All District Teams and several boys in the KWAY area are on the teams. In Class 3A Waverly-Shell Rock’s Ayden Hoffert was named a 2nd Team outfielder. In Class 2A pitcher Jaymison Howard and utility player Tatum Nuss of...
State Fair dairy rules are a contrast with COVID
Some memories stick with you — like that August day around 1960 when my parents loaded my two brothers and me into our Dodge Coronet and headed to the Iowa State Fair for the first time. Our excitement rivaled that of Abel Frakes’ family in the famous “State Fair” movies.
A two-wheeled piece of Iowa State Patrol history returns home
DES MOINES, Iowa (WHO) – The Iowa State Patrol showed off a newly recovered piece of its history Sunday at a ceremony at the State Capitol. As part of the Patrol’s 89th Anniversary, the Iowa Automotive Heritage Foundation presented the Patrol with a restored ISP KZ10000P motorcycle. “On July 28th, 1935, 89 years ago today, […]
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.