Iowa Ranks Third for Worst Bridges
Updated: 9 hours agoNearly 1.7 million people in Iowa drive over a deficient bridge every day.
Branstad Requests Disaster Declaration for Several North Iowa Counties
Updated: 15 hours agoIowa Governor Terry Branstad signed a letter today to President Barack Obama asking for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for 47 counties, including several in North Iowa.
Construction Alerts
Updated: 9 hours agoWith construction season well under way, some are feeling the pain of getting around it.
Man Found Dead May Have Been “Scrapping” Wire
Updated: 17 hours agoThe Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death.
2nd rabid skunk found in St. Cloud
Updated: 14 hours agoST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — St. Cloud health officials confirm a second skunk with rabies has been found in the city.
St. Cloud Health Director Lisa Schreifels says the skunk had not had any human or animal contact.… More »
Farmer’s finds rare meteorite in his fields
Updated: 39 mins agoARLINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A Sibley County farmer has scientific confirmation that the object he dug up while plowing his fields is no ordinary rock.
Bruce Lillenthal saves unique rocks he finds in his fields and piles them… More »
Futures slump in wake of Fed statement
Updated: 43 mins agoNEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures are sliding in the wake of comments by the chairman of the Federal Reserve, who said that the U.S. would pull back on the massive bond-buying program that for months has propped
Flood-damaged bridge collapses in northwest Iowa
Updated: 54 mins agoREMSEN, Iowa (AP) — An estimated $50,000 repair bill has jumped with the fall of a flood-damaged bridge into a creek in northwest Iowa.
High water in Willow Creek from Memorial Day flooding had damaged connections to the… More »
Israeli PM: EU should join US push on peace talks
Updated: 1 hour agoJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says the European Union should join U.S. attempts to restart stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
Benjamin Netanyahu also reiterated Israel’s position that talks should resume immediately and without preconditions, which is also the
South Sudan ministers face corruption probe
Updated: 1 hour agoJUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The president of South Sudan has suspended two of his ministers and ordered an investigation into corruption allegations against them.
In a presidential decree read Tuesday night, President Salva Kiir said he was