by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 29, 2009 | News
Iowa farmers are reacting with optimism after today’s announcement China is lifting its ban on U.S. pork. Tim Bierman, a pork producer from Larrabee and president of the National Pork Board, says it’s very encouraging. “It’s great news that...
by Matt Kelley | Oct 29, 2009 | Politics & Government, Recreation / Entertainment
A movie titled “Cedar Rapids” will not be filmed in Cedar Rapids. The production company, blaming the suspension of the Iowa film tax credit program, has decided to move the work to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Cedar Rapids Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive...
by Dar Danielson | Oct 29, 2009 | Education
The board that governs the three state universities approved a $100 surcharged for students in the spring semester to help make up for the 10% budget cut ordered by the governor. The Board of Regents also tabled a proposal to increase the tuition for the next year by...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 29, 2009 | Business
In what may be an indicator of the nation’s dire unemployment woes, more than six-dozen people have applied for a city administrator job in the southwest Iowa town of Atlantic. Jack Lipovac, the town’s human resources consultant, says he’s been...
by Matt Kelley | Oct 29, 2009 | Crime & Courts
A couple of young men from western Iowa who recently ran into some trouble with the law are gaining national attention for their bizarre mug shots. Twenty-three-year-old Matthew McNelly and 20-year-old Joey Miller are accused of trying to break into an apartment in...
