Dar Danielson

The hunting seasons for pheasants and deer get a lot of attention in Iowa, but there are hunters who chase smaller game animals. Iowa DNR upland game biologist Todd Bogenschutz says many hunters like to go after cottontail rabbits. “Last year was a really good year for cottontails. I mean, we’re 30%t above the ten-year […]

The Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter is getting a grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for an expansion project. Iowa Cemetery Bureau Chief Gavin Sandvig says the grant will let them build another columbarium wall to holds urns containing the ashes of veterans. The already have walls that have a niche where […]

A University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band member who collapsed in the heat Saturday has been taken off life support. The Daily Iowan says third-year student Derek Phillips collapsed right before the band was to play the halftime show of the season opening football game and suffered sudden cardiac arrest. The DI reports the Phillips’s […]

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman visited Iowa State University and Ames National Laboratory today. Isaacman wrapped up his visit with a speech to a full auditorium of students and told them they are going to be part of the most exciting era of exploration since the Apollo missions. “Going to the moon is no longer going […]

The U.S. Department of Energy is giving NextEra Energy a loan of up to $1.9 billion to help them restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo. Deputy Secretary of Energy James Danly visited rural Linn County Tuesday to announce the loan. “This is part of the larger strategy that the administration has following President […]

An Iowa businessman who is now working in the U.S. Department of Education says the agency is trying to refocus on the importance of universities. David Barker served on the Iowa Board of Regents for six years before being appointed as the Assistant U.S. Secretary for Postsecondary Education. Barker joined the head of NASA as […]

The man who is leading the effort to build a base on the moon joined NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman during a presentation to Iowa State University students Tuesday in Ames. Moon Base Project Manager Carlos García-Galan says they settled on building the base at the south pole of the moon because of the availability of […]

The Ankeny-based Casey’s convenience store chain reported net income for the first quarter was up a little more than 27% compared to last year at almost $274 million. Same store inside sales were up 2.3%, while gallons of gas sold were down three tenths of a percent. CEO Darren Rebelez say the margin on a […]

The University of Iowa and Iowa State University report small drops in fall enrollment, while the University of Northern Iowa saw an increase. UNI’s reports fall enrollment is up 162 students to 9,366, which is the Cedar Falls school’s largest overall population since 2020. ISU reports a drop of 333 students to 30,772. The UI […]

Cedar Rapids lost about 70% of its trees in the 2020 derecho that tore across the state and the creates of a program to restore the trees says they’ve passed the half-way point. Trees Forever put together the program to replant trees in public spaces and private neighborhoods that the group’s CEO Michelle Beisker says […]