Category Archives: Headlines

The newest list of America's Top 100 Colleges is out, and Grinnell College is on it, at number 58. The Forbes Top Colleges list shows schools with a winning formula of high student satisfaction and gr...

Des Moines' firefighters' union has censured its chief for lack of safety protocols and lack of respect for his workers. John TeKippe has been criticized for leaving positions open and for setting up ...

Iowa's roads will get some extra scoping this week, as we head into the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The state's Department of Public Safety says the 4th weekend is traditionally one of the deadlie...

Des Moines' fire chief has been censured by the firefighters' union for lack of safety protocols and disrespect toward firefighters. John TeKippe has been under fire from firefighters for lack of staf...

The greater Des Moines area produced 44 billion dollars' worth of products last year, according to the U-S Conference of Mayors' latest report. That's up 4-tenths of a percent from the previous year. ...

Governor Branstad is asking for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for the bird flu epidemic. Branstad wrote to President Obama that Iowa needs help from FEMA with the effects of the disease on unemp...

For the second time in a week, protesters lined up outside the Des Moines Police headquarters. The group accused the force of unlawful police profiling, and taped letters outlining their complaints to...

A private contractor is being hired by the state to track state workers' medical leave, at a cost of 32-thousand dollars per month. State human resources staff will no longer be determining whether em...