by admin | Feb 28, 2002 | Business
Net profits were up more than 20-percent in the fiscal year just ended for Farm Credit Services of America. Controller Mike Verzal says the farm lender deals with agricultural clients in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Credit insurance services including...
by admin | Feb 28, 2002 | News
A key legislator wants to close the door on applications for large-scale livestock confinements filed at the last minute to avoid proposed state regulations. Senator Republican Leader Stewart Iverson of Dows leads a dozen lawmakers meeting privately to develop...
by admin | Feb 28, 2002 | Business, Politics & Government, Recreation / Entertainment
Two bills which provide state tax incentives to those who invest in high-risk businesses are now law. Governor Tom Vilsack signed the legislation into law this morning. Vilsack says Iowa has been a good place to do business, and he says these bills make it even...
by admin | Feb 28, 2002 | Health & Medicine
Two bills focusing on nursing homes are drawing the ire of Iowa’s largest senior citizens group. The A-A-R-P is asking lawmakers to vote down a bill that would allow nursing homes to keep internal investigations and quality checks secret from the public. Betty...
by admin | Feb 28, 2002 | Business
When Deere and Company officials met with stockholders yesterday in Moline, Illinois, they had an unhappy customer to deal with. It was the fifth appearance at the annual meeting for Iowa farmer Melroy Buhr of Elma, who owns a defective Deere hay baler and one share...
