by admin | Nov 30, 2001 | Business
Alliant Energy today announced plans to build two new power plants in Iowa — one billion dollars worth of investment. Alliant spokesman John Ruff.The utility calls their plan “Power Iowa”. In addition to building a new coal-fired plant AND a new...
by admin | Nov 30, 2001 | Health & Medicine
Educational events to make people more aware of AIDS and H-I-V are underway in a dozen or so Iowa cities today through the weekend. Saturday is World AIDS Day and American Red Cross chapters are holding a variety of events, including coloring book give-aways for very...
by admin | Nov 30, 2001 | Politics & Government
Governor Tom Vilsack wants to study tax exemptions, to see if Iowa could clear some from the books. Governor Vilsack wants the various tax breaks reviewed to see if those that stimulate economic activity can be sorted out from those that are pointless, wasteful or let...
by admin | Nov 30, 2001 | News
The Iowa Farm Bureau has a new president. Craig Lang of Brooklyn won a three-way race at the Farm Bureau’s annual convention, ousting Ed Wiederstein of Audubon who’d been president since 1995.Lang convened the Farm Bureau board yesterday afternoon for a...
by admin | Nov 30, 2001 | Business
The looming bankruptcy of the nation’s largest energy company shouldn’t affect Iowans’ electric bills according to utility experts. The once-mighty Enron has massive debt, the price of its stock has tanked and a proposed merger has collapsed. Alliant...
