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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Tempers flare during Harkin’s "town hall" on health care

by admin on August 8, 2009

in Health & Medicine, Legislature, Politics & Government

Senator Tom Harkin held a town hall meeting this afternoon in Des Moines to discuss health care reform.  Go to The Blog to read a detailed account of the event. Listen to the hour-long event by clicking on the audio link below.

AUDIO: town hall…MP3 1 hr.

Tagged as: Democratic Party, Insurance, Republican Party, Tom Harkin

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Sweet corn festivals mark summer

by admin 08/8/09 11:15 AM

Several Iowa towns host summertime sweet corn festivals, but perhaps the largest annual celebration of the popular vegetable is in the Dallas County town of Adel, located 20 miles west of Des Moines.
Lori Broka is president of the Adel Chamber of Commerce. "We get people from all over the Des Moines area [...]

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Metal from Iowa turns into coins in Denver

by admin 08/8/09 8:56 AM

Much of the change you carry around in your pocket started out as a roll of metal manufactured at the P-M-X plant in Cedar Rapids. Those rolls of metal are used to make coins at the U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado. Radio Iowa’s Dar Danielson took a tour of the mint recently, where public [...]

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