by Matt Kelley | Dec 30, 2010 | Weather
Iowa’s brief stint with unseasonably warm weather is coming to an abrupt end. High temperatures hit the 50s in many sections of the state today, but National Weather Service Meteorologist Craig Cogill says a wintery mix of freezing rain, snow, wind and cold...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 30, 2010 | Business
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Iowa is just below three bucks. Data from the Iowa Office of Energy Independence indicates that on December 15th, the average price of gas with a 10% ethanol blend was $2.84 a gallon in Iowa. That’s...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 30, 2010 | Business
News that the U.S. Postal Service plans to announce soon that all new postage stamps for first-class mail will be marked as “forever” stamps has prompted a lot of concern. Clear Lake postmaster Bob Hartfield says he’s been swamped by calls from people who think...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 30, 2010 | Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
Key legislative leaders say it’s unlikely the state law which allows smoking in the state’s casinos will be changed in 2011. The statewide ban on smoking in most public places took effect in July of 2008, but it included an exemption that allows smoking at...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 30, 2010 | Business, Crime & Courts
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled a fast food company has to pay taxes to the state even though it has no corporate presence here. The Iowa Department of Revenue ruled in 2001 that the Kentucky Fried Chicken corporation owed just over 284-thousand dollars in corporate...
