by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 29, 2011 | Politics & Government
Democratic Congressman Leonard Boswell says he’ll be able to catch up with Republican Congressman Tom Latham in the money race for 2012. “It’s 20 months away, so there’s lots of time,” Boswell says. “We’ve faced this...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 29, 2011 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Weather
The water levels at Saylorville Lake and Lake Red Rock are being held higher by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in an effort to help ease the flooding on the lower Mississippi. Corps spokesman, Ron Fournier, says it’s part of a region wide effort at flood...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 29, 2011 | Business
A group known as the “Coalition for a Better Iowa” is arguing against competing plans at the statehouse to lower commercial property taxes. Both Democrats and Republicans say property taxes for business and industry are disproportionately high compared to...
by Matt Kelley | Apr 29, 2011 | Recreation / Entertainment
One star of the touring Broadway production of “Young Frankenstein” opening in central Iowa next week is coming home, sort of. The actor who plays Dr. Frankenstein lived in Des Moines in the mid-1990s when he was a member of Ballet Iowa. Christopher Ryan...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 29, 2011 | Education, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Weather
An Iowa State University professor who studies tornadoes says he’s “amazed and shocked” by the destruction and loss of life from the tornadoes that tore across the south on Wednesday night. “I ended up telling my students a week beforehand that...