by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 31, 2011 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
Republicans in the Iowa House have voted to give Governor Branstad the authority to shift money around in the state budget to pay the state’s overdue legal bills, but Branstad doesn’t want that authority to transfer money from one state program to another....
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 31, 2011 | Health & Medicine, Politics & Government, Religion
After long and often emotional debate, the Iowa House approved a bill to ban abortions in Iowa after the 20th week of pregnancy. Representative Mary Ann Hanusa, a Republican from Council Bluffs, said the bill’s a priority, as a Nebraska doctor has said he plans...
by Todd Kimm | Mar 31, 2011 | Sports
The Iowa baseball team opens the Big Ten race this weekend at home against Michigan State. The Hawkeyes are 9-13 on the season after dropping two home games to South Dakota State, including a 10-5 loss on Wednesday night in which the Hawkeyes committed four errors and...
by Todd Kimm | Mar 31, 2011 | Sports
The Iowa Conference softball race begins this weekend and three league teams are ranked in the latest division three coaches poll. Luther is ranked fourth. Coach Renae Hartl’s team won nine of ten games on a recent trip to Florida. She says they had to work some...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 31, 2011 | News
The U.S.D.A.’s perspective plantings report released today shows farmers in Iowa intend to plant 13.9 million acres of corn this year – up from 13.4 million last year. Nationwide, the anticipated corn acreage is 92.2 million, which would be the second...
