First Urbandale, and now the Des Moines police department and Waukee’s police department are receiving donations to help them buy body cameras for officers. The $12,000 for Waukee and $125,000 for Des Moines comes from owner Rod French from Kenworth Mid-Iowa, but more money is needed to outfit all officers will body cameras. The EPA is out…… MORE
A large crowd of police officers, community leaders, and employees packed the Kenworth Mid-Iowa back shed Friday afternoon to hear owner Rod French’s donation for body cameras to the Waukee and Des Moines police departments. French said he spoke with Waukee Police Chief John Quinn a few weeks ago about the need for body cameras…… MORE
An Ames-based realty company got the green light from the FAA to fly a commercial drone. Hunziker Companies says it’ll use the drone to show clients the exterior of a house. The drone cost about a thousand dollars. ISU basketball coach Fred Hoiberg could be moving to Chicago, now that Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau…… MORE
West Des Moines leaders and stakeholders are looking at different development patterns that would have a fiscal impact on the city’s budget for the future. On Thursday, leaders heard from Smart Growth America, a research group that analyzed West Des Moines development data and how a new development pattern would impact the city in the…… MORE
Several soon-to-be announced presidential candidates will be in Iowa in the next few days. GOP contender Rand Paul and Democrat Bernie Sanders will both campaign on the eastern side of the state tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday. Rick Santorum is heading to Iowa tomorrow after his “major announcement” later today. He’ll be in Davenport and Council…… MORE
Urbandale police officers on the streets will soon be adding a body camera to their uniforms. Thanks to a nearly $14,000 donation from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of Iowa, 24 cameras will be hooked up to software already established at Urbandale’s police department. Sergeant Gary Lang said the Odd Fellows group…… MORE
Suite 204 on Locust Street in Des Moines was packed on Tuesday afternoon with Iowa voters, eager to learn more about the newly-opened Des Moines Constituent Services Office for U.S. Representative David Young, meet the congressman himself. “We’ve been open for a while, but we wanted to highlight the service that we’re going to provide…… MORE
A new national forensic science center is coming to ISU. The university was given up to $20 million in grant money from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create the center. If approved by the Iowa Board of Regents, the science center will focus on processing pattern evidence like fingerprints and bullet marks….as well…… MORE
With the looming end-of-the-month deadline for the state of emergency declaration for the bird flu approaching, Governor Branstad said he will extend it if need be. Branstad said on Friday that he met with state Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey and several poultry farmers to assess the current state of the outbreak and its affect on…… MORE
Governor Branstad is sticking to his timeline of next month for the end of the legislative session, though he said he’s optimistic it won’t carry on further after this week’s legislative activity. “It’s always good when people start focusing on resolving the differences,” said Branstad. “But I think we still have a long ways to…… MORE
