by admin | May 29, 2009 | News
The deadline to sign up to recognize farms that have been in the same family for 100 years or more is coming up. Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey. Northey says applications need to be postmarked by June 1st to be recognized this year at the state fair. Century...
by admin | May 29, 2009 | Politics & Government
Governor Chet Culver says if he finds public support for the idea, he’d like to give “middle class Iowans” a tax cut next year. A significant income tax change failed to pass the 2009 legislature before it adjourned last month, but Culver chalks that...
by admin | May 29, 2009 | Crime & Courts
Farmers and others would face higher penalties for illegal diesel fuel purchases under legislation the governor signed into law this week. Taxes aren’t charged on diesel for off-road use — in tractors and construction equipment, for example. But Victoria...
by admin | May 29, 2009 | News
A Paullina man was killed in a traffic accident in O’Brien County Thursday. The victim has been identified as 23-year-old Jordan Clarence Fiddelke. According to the Iowa State Patrol, Fiddelke was driving north on an O’Brien County road about two and a...
by admin | May 29, 2009 | Recreation / Entertainment
The success of the movie "Sugar" could help Iowa land more big-budget, feature films in the future. Doug Miller is a consultant to the Quad Cities Film Coalition and served as field producer for the movie, which was shot in Davenport and Burlington. He says...
