by Matt Kelley | Apr 29, 2010 | Business
Many farmers markets will open this weekend across Iowa and a new survey shows they’re more popular than ever. A report from the Iowa Department of Agriculture says sales climbed from $20 million in 2004 to more than $38 million last year. State Horticulturalist...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 29, 2010 | Crime & Courts, Education, Politics & Government
The woman who was fired last month from the top job at the Iowa Association of School Boards says she inherited a “disorganized and financially strapped” organization when she became the group’s executive director last July. Maxine Kilcrease, former...
by Matt Kelley | Apr 29, 2010 | Business, Politics & Government
Legislation which Democrats say is designed to bring sweeping reforms to the nation’s financial industry will move forward in the U.S. Senate now as Republican opponents on Wednesday night dropped efforts to block debate on it. Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, a...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 29, 2010 | Crime & Courts
Iowa City police are looking for a suspect and a victim in a shooting in the early evening Wednesday. Iowa City police were around 5:30 on a report of an armed man firing a gun several times at another man. Police investigators determined that multiple gunshots were...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 29, 2010 | Crime & Courts
A year and a half undercover investigation into drug and gun trafficking is over. Spirit Lake police chief Jeff Hanson says his department spearheaded the operation, code named “Operation Broken Arrow.” An undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol,...
