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
Don’t expect to see any live birds at the Iowa State Fair or any county fair this summer. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Thursday that it’s ordering the state fair and all county fairs to cancel live bird exhibitions this year as the bird flu outbreak continues to progress. “We are…… MORE
Harris Vaccines in Ames is waiting to hear back from the USDA about a bird flu vaccine it created. Director Hank Harris says his lab developed the vaccine without the actual strain of the deadly bird flu infecting millions of chickens and turkeys in Iowa. Harris and his team created the vaccine about a month ago.…… MORE
