Matt Kelley

3 days ago | radioiowa.com | Matt Kelley

With the forecast calling for highs climbing into the 80s this week, the warmer weather is inspiring many Iowa boaters to hit the state’s lakes and rivers. Iowa Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Nate Carr says, before taking the boat off the trailer, check over your supply of life jackets. “They need to be the appropriate size for your passengers and in good working condition, so not old and faded and torn as they can get sometimes,” Carr says.

6 days ago | radioiowa.com | Matt Kelley

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she’s enthusiastic about the trade agreement reached Thursday between the United States and the United Kingdom. Hinson, a Republican from Marion, says there’s promise the new accord will mean Iowa farmers will find more avenues to sell their products in the U.K. and elsewhere, though only portions of the deal are being unveiled.

6 days ago | radioiowa.com | Matt Kelley

Iowans are encouraged to leave food by their mailboxes this weekend as part of a coast-to-coast effort to fight hunger. Randall Lein, a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service in Ottumwa, says Stamp Out Hunger was started in 1993 by the National Association of Letter Carriers to help people who are food insecure. “It involves the local communities all across our country,” Lein says.

6 days ago | radioiowa.com | Matt Kelley

Iowans who are tired of feeling like there’s nothing they can do after hearing about crime rampages and disasters are encouraged to take a free, hour-long course to learn how to respond to severe bleeding emergencies. Registered Nurse Kelly Hilsabeck, a trauma injury prevention coordinator at Gundersen Health, says the program called Stop The Bleed is designed for everyday people with no background in health care.

1 week ago | radioiowa.com | Matt Kelley

Des Moines police have made an arrest in an armed home invasion case which contains a lesson for all Iowans about posting photos on the internet. Police were called to Des Moines’ Oak Park neighborhood where a family reported four people burst into their home, one of them carrying a gun, and they were robbed of $60,000 in cash. Detectives later learned a teenager in the home had posted images of the cash on a social media platform before the robbery.