You’ve probably noticed it costs more to fill your tank recently. Why? Well the winter storms that battered the south are affecting the gas prices in Iowa and the nation. The average gas price in Iowa is about $2.64 a gallon according to AAA, that’s up 20 cents from just a week ago. Because of the…
On this date in 1980 the US Hockey team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 in Lake Placid, NY Olympic Games. It was considered one of the biggest upsets in sports history. Dubbed the “Miracle on Ice”, it became of the most iconic moments of not only the games, but all of sports. It was one…
Thanks to the global pandemic, the UNI Panther football season was moved to 2021, and kickoff time is near. the Panthers kick off their season this Friday night vs. South Dakota State at the UNI-Dome. It’s a matchup of two Top 5 programs who last met in the FCS playoffs. Because of the pandemic UNI…
Jeff RayChase Bryant’s upbeat, autobiographical new single, “Upbringing,” arrives today, at the end of a week where he shocked the country music world by revealing he’d attempted suicide in 2018. Fortunately, though he believed he’d fully loaded his gun, the chamber that was supposed to contain the bullet that would end his life turned out…
David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesBlake Shelton and Gwen Stefani’s love story dates back to their time together as coaches on NBC’s The Voice. The happy couple were in a relationship for five years before Blake finally popped the question in 2020, and they officially became engaged. But long before they fell in love, Blake…
ABCEric Church is sharing another glimpse into Heart & Soul’s track list, and as usual, his Church Choir fans are getting first dibs on the new music. Newly out this Thursday is “Never Break Heart,” the sixth track on Heart, which is the first of a three-volume album. Eric’s forthcoming project is a triple album…
RoschetzkyIstockPhoto/iStockBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News(HARRIS COUNTY, Texas) — A $1 billion class-action lawsuit has been filed against Texas wholesale electricity retailer Griddy Energy for allegedly charging exorbitant prices during last week’s historic storm that left millions powerless in the freezing cold.The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Chambers County resident Lisa Khoury in Harris County…
PinkOmelet/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The number of reported sexual assaults and unwanted sexual contact at the three military academies went down last year according to an annual Pentagon report released on Thursday, but only because the coronavirus pandemic resulted in cadets and midshipmen being sent home for the fourth academic quarter of the…
CasPhotography/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) — California became the first state to report 50,000 deaths from COVID-19 this week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.The state’s death toll now stands at 50,994.The grim milestone occurred after 806 additional deaths were reported in Los Angeles County on Wednesday, due to a backlog from the…