The Iowa legislature has sent the governor a bill that would override city and county ordinances that ban fireworks on Independence Day. Representative Bill Gustoff, a Republican from Des Moines, said the bill eliminates a confusing patchwork of ordinances that prevent Iowans from celebrating the country’s independence from Great Britain the way the founding fathers […]
Fire destroys abandoned century-old house near Storm Lake
Three fire departments fought a fire last night that destroyed an abandoned, century-old farmhouse south of Storm Lake, near the Buena
