Starting Sunday, Oct. 24, Iowans in the 319 and 515 area codes will need to dial all 10 digits of a phone number to make a call. The new requirement from the Federal Communications Commission makes ...

“When the FCC issued that order it impacted area codes throughout the United States — and in Iowa, the 515 and 319 area codes are now required to dial all ten digits to complete a local call,” Tormey ...

Though dialing a full 10-digit phone number may seem like an inconvenience, crisis intervention providers in the Corridor say that small sacrifice could make a huge difference in the life of someone ...

Let's suppose you want to dial 515 Brewing in Clive. If you live in the Des Moines metro, you just dial the seven-digit number. But soon, you'll have to dial 515 to reach 515. That's because 10-digit ...

Limber up your fingers: 10-digit dialing starts Oct. 24 in the 515 and 319 area codes. Under a new Federal Communications Commission rule, people who live in the 515 (Des Moines) and 319 (Iowa City, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa residents in the 515 and 319 area codes will soon have to get used to dialing all 10 digits of a phone number when making calls. The Federal Communications Commission is ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Starting next week, you must dial the new 641 area code when calling Mason City, Marshalltown, Ottumwa and 220 other central Iowa cities. The old area code 515 won't work ...

Back in Aug., the City of Cedar Rapids approved an almost $350 million project to replace equipment from when the plant was built back in 1980.

INSECURITY. WELL, IF YOU’RE GETTING READY TO HEAD OUT AND GRAB SOME LUNCH THIS AFTERNOON, TRY EATING AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT TODAY, IT’S FIVE ON FIVE DAY IN CENTRAL IOWA. IT’S A DAY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE ...