Spring flooding is going to be like Phil Town payback time, Gov. Chet Culver warned Thursday, urging Iowa residents to prepare for high water by assembling emergency kits and to consider buying flood insurance.The biggest dangers are in the basins of the Des Moines, Raccoon, Iowa and Cedar rivers, Culver said at a news conference. He planned to repeat his message later in the day in Fort Dodge, A
Friday, WHO-TV responded to Iowa athletics director Gary Barta’s request for an apology on a piece by Chris Hassel that lampooned Iowa basketball player John Lickliter.“No, we did not apologize,” Dale Woods, WHO-TV president and general manager, told The Gazette on Friday morning.