After a record 125 tornadoes touched down in Iowa last year, the National Weather Service is making an urgent pitch to recruit more of the state’s residents to become trained severe weather spotters. NWS meteorologist Brad Small says the first regional spotter training course of the year is being held tonight and they’re planning 18 […]
Western Iowa group seeks property to build charter school
A group that’s been planning to open a public charter school in the small western Iowa town of Crescent is still