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Des Moines officials identify fatal fire victim
A woman was found dead this morning in a burned-out apartment in Des Moines. Fire Department spokesman Brian O’Keefe says it’s Des Moines’ first fire death in over a year-and-a-half. Firefighters were called around 8:30 a.m. to the one-room apartment on the city’s southeast side at 1204 Hartford Ave, to check on the health of [...]
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DOT official happy with new driver’s license procedure
The state is approaching the two-year mark since it changed the way driver’s licenses are issued, and the D.O.T. official who oversees the system is happy with the result. The state stopped giving out new licenses on the spot in April of 2010, and instead now gives drivers a temporary driving document that’s good for [...]
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Triple-A says we’ll see $4 gas before Memorial Day
Gasoline prices are steadily climbing in Iowa and one market analyst says we’ll likely see gas hit four-bucks a gallon by summer. Gail Weinholzer, with Triple-A Iowa, says pump prices have risen some 35-cents a gallon since January first. “We’ve seen a 20-cent increase just in the last month,” Weinholzer says. “The current average in [...]
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Number of deer taken statewide is down 4.5%
Iowa hunters, during the recent 2011-12 deer hunting seasons, killed 121,407 deer. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports that’s down 4.5% from the previous year. D.N.R. wildlife biologist Willy Suchy says deer numbers in Iowa hit their high mark six years ago. “It peaked in about 2006-07 and the best indication is we’re now [...]
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Legislators seek assurances “tot mom” case can’t happen here
A bill to create tough new penalties for a parent who fails to report their child is missing has been tabled at the state capitol. However, a small group of Iowa legislators is asking the state attorney general’s office to issue a statement indicating a parent guilty of such conduct could and would be charged [...]
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Warrior Dash to make its Iowa debut this summer
An extreme sporting event that’s popular in America’s big cities will come to Iowa for the first time this summer. The Warrior Dash is a five-K running race with about a dozen obstacles through with participants navigate. That includes leaping over pits of fire, climbing vertical walls and crawling through a field of mud over [...]
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Iowa City gives final approval to red light cameras
Another city has voted to use red light cameras. The city council in Iowa City took its third and final vote Tuesday on adding red light cameras, and it passed by a 4-3 margin. The police department says the cameras will go up at approximately 10 intersections that are the most dangerous based on crash [...]
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Government efficiency plan would reduce legislators’ pension pay-outs
House Republicans have crafted a “government efficiency” package that includes a ban on using food stamps to buy junk food. Craig Schoenfeld, a lobbyist for Hy-Vee, suggests that would turn grocers into the food police. “Watching things go through and dictating consumer choice,” Schoenfeld says. Lana Ross represents the statewide network of Community Action Agencies and [...]
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Panthers host Bradley on senior night
The U.N.I. Panthers will look to avenge one of their toughest losses of the season tonight as they host Bradley in their final regular season game at the McLeod Center. U.N.I. let a 16 point second half lead slip away in their first meeting with the Braves, a 78-67 loss back on January 15. A [...]
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Cyclones look to move up in Big 12 with a win
The Iowa State Cyclones begin the stretch run of the regular season at home tonight against Texas Tech. With a victory tonight the Cyclones would move into a third place tie with Baylor in the Big 12 and take another step toward locking up an NCAA Tournament bid. Senior guard Scott Christopherson says this is [...]
