About a dozen Iowa firefighters are helping battle wildfires in other states — across the Rocky Mountains, on the West Coast, and in the Pacific Northwest. Ryan Harr, supervisor of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ Fire Program, says they’ve dispatched Iowans to help extinguish dangerous flareups in California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and Wyoming — […]
Drivers face long detour as Lansing bridge over Mississippi closes again
The bridge over the Mississippi River between Lansing, Iowa and DeSoto, Wisconsin is again closed to traffic for at least a