by admin | Mar 31, 2005 | Business
The state’s unemployment rate didn’t budge in February despite some increase in jobs. Labor analyst Ann Wagner says the February rate was the same as January at five-point-one percent. She says that rate represents 83-thousand-300 unemployed — up one...
by admin | Mar 31, 2005 | Business
The Farmland Foods plant in the western Iowa town of Denison is reportedly expanding, perhaps hiring on hundreds of new workers, but questions remain about the specifics of the plan. Denison Mayor Ken Livingston says it’s an exciting announcement that’s...
by admin | Mar 31, 2005 | Health & Medicine
Terri Schiavo died this morning. The case of the brain-damaged Florida woman has pushed many Iowans into action. Paul Sodders, spokesman for the Iowa Donor Network, says in the past few weeks, they’ve seen a healthy uptick in the number of Iowans signing up to...
by admin | Mar 31, 2005 | Outdoors
The test results are in and show that Iowa’s deer population remains free of the deadly Chronic Wasting Disease. Alan Foster of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says it’s good to hear that none of the 45-hundred whitetail deer tested had C-W-D. He...
by admin | Mar 31, 2005 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
If it’s been a bad year, you may be able to salvage something when you finish your income taxes over the next couple weeks. As the deadline approaches, Caroline Gorman at the Insurance Information Institute says there are some losses you can deduct. It’s...
