Iowa Ranks Third for Worst Bridges
Updated: 7 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: 13 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: 7 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: 15 hours agoThe Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death.
2nd rabid skunk found in St. Cloud
Updated: 12 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 »
Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
Updated: 25 mins agoJames Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO’s “The Sopranos” helped create one of TV’s greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday in Italy. He was 51.
Report: Iowa preschool program kids lose gains
Updated: 30 mins agoDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state report says early academic gains by children in Iowa’s preschool program have been lost by third grade.
The report says the preschool students made modest gains on a school readiness assessment,… More »
Bernanke clarifies Fed plan to cut bond purchases
Updated: 37 mins agoWASHINGTON (AP) — A muddled message from the Federal Reserve has rattled investors for weeks.
So Chairman Ben Bernanke tried to set the record straight Wednesday about the Fed’s plans to shrink its bond-buying program later this year
Sam Taylor-Johnson to direct ’50 Shades’ movie
Updated: 1 hour agoLONDON (AP) — Producers say British visual artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson has been signed to direct the movie version of erotic best-seller “50 Shades of Grey.”
Taylor-Johnson, whose only previous feature was the John Lennon biopic “Nowhere
Saudi to expel Hezbollah supporters over Syria war
Updated: 1 hour agoBEIRUT (AP) — The Saudi envoy to Lebanon says the kingdom will deport Lebanese citizens who support the militant Hezbollah group because of its role in the Syrian civil war.
Ambassador Ali Awad Assiri told Lebanon’s Future TV