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Some Iowa drivers will have a surprise when they renew a driver`s license after Jan. 1, 2014. New legislation allows the Iowa Department of Transportation to transition from driver`s licenses that are valid for five years to driver`s licenses that are valid for eight years. The change should save customers time and money. The change won’t apply to everyone at first. During the five year transition period new licenses and renewals will be randomly assigned lengths of five, six, seven […]
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Iowa Sports Spotlight Iowa High School Girls Basketball Rankings Posted: December 22nd Class 5A 1-Iowa City High (1) 2-Waterloo West (2) 3-West Des Moines Valley (3) 4-Dowling Catholic (4) 5-Des Moines East (5) 6-Waukee (6) 7-Cedar Rapids Kennedy (7) 8-Mason City (10) 9-Muscatine (9) 10-Ankeny Centennial (8) Watch List: Ames, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Cedar Rapids Washington, Johnston, Sioux City West Class 4A 1-Harlan (1) 2-Bishop Heelan (Sioux City) (2) 3-Cedar Rapids Xavier (3) 4-Perry (6) 5-Ballard (Huxley) (4) 6-North Scott […]
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Iowa Sports Spotlight Iowa High School Boys Basketball Rankings Posted: December 22nd Class 4A 1-Iowa City West (1) 2-Bettendorf (2) 3-North Scott (Eldridge) (3) 4-Ankeny Centennial (4) 5-Dubuque Senior (5) 6-Sioux City North (6) 7-Des Moines North (7) 8-Southeast Polk (9) 9-Waukee (10) 10-Des Moines Hoover (NR) Watch List: Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Sioux City East Class 3A 1-Harlan (2) 2-Clear Lake (3) 3-Bishop Heelan (Sioux City) (4) 4-Cedar Rapids Xavier (1) 5-Dallas Center-Grimes (7) 6-Carroll (8) 7-Dubuque Wahlert (NR) 8-Central […]
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Heart attacks are the leading cause of death in the United States. The three hospitals at UnityPoint Health – Des Moines have been designated as Chest Pain Centers receiving full accreditation from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care. Dr. Rachael Sokol, Emergency Department says, “To achieve the accreditation, we were able to meet or exceed a strict set of criteria for acute cardiac medicine. All our hospitals demonstrated expertise and a commitment to quality patient care.” In a cardiac emergency, […]
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Neonatal specialists are an important part of the birth process and their fast response can be critical to the life of a newborn. UnityPoint Health – Des Moines has neonatal intensive care coverage at Blank Children’s Hospital, Methodist West and Iowa Lutheran maternity centers. Wendy Gradwell, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Blank Children’s Hospital says, “Neonatal Nurse Practitioners serve as primary caregivers for premature infants and other newborns that require special care due to low birth weight, respiratory distress, congenital heart defects, […]
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Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is common among adults, but it can also be found in children. Approximately three percent of kids have high blood pressure, and this rate is on the rise. Dr. Ari Auron, Pediatric Nephrologist, Blank Children’s Hospital says, “For young children, hypertension is often the result of another medical condition. Some newborns born prematurely have high blood pressure because of problems with their kidneys, lungs or heart.” “However,” Auron continues, “high blood pressure in children can […]
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Iowa high school football rankings for week one from the Iowa Sports Connection.
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Bedford, IA – Tensions are rising in the search for an escapee from the Clarinda Correctional Facility. Officers believe Rodney Eugene Long shot a Taylor County deputy late Sunday night and then led officers on a 40 minute chase in a stolen patrol car. Taylor County Sheriff deputies were dispatched after a suspicious person was reported walking along Highway 2 near New Market late Sunday night. Deputy Dan Wyckoff was first on the scene and took fire as he got […]
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It was Rosy Esparza's first trip to Six Flags.She sat beside her son on the Texas Giant -- a 14-story-high roller coaster that boasts what the amusement park calls "the world's steepest drop."
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The U-S currently is involved in several bilateral free trade negotiations, including talks with Pacific Rim and European Union nations. During the past 20 years, exports have increased to 25% of U.S. pork production. National Pork Producers Council President Randy Spronk says access to export markets is critical for the U.S. pork industry. Spronk says Japan currently is the U.S. pork industry’s number one value export customer with more than 2-billion dollars-worth of pork products going to Japan each year. […]
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Des Moines Police detectives have issued a material witness warrant in a weekend shooting. Police say they’re looking for 15 year old Antwan Geral Campbell of Des Moines. Anyone with information on the location of Campbell is asked to call police or Polk County Crimestoppers at (515) 223-1400. Officers responded to a fight at a house party on the 17 hundred block of Mondamin Avenue early Saturday morning. They found 16-year-old Tony Matthews laying in the yard. Witnesses say the […]
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After a quick RVTV announcement, Andy chats about Hernandez, the Patriots and Iowa. Hockey fans and the Stanley cup and more.
