by Dar Danielson | Dec 31, 2012 | Human Interest, News, Top Story
State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald’s New Year’s resolution is to continue cleaning out the state storage vault for unclaimed safe deposit boxes. Fitzgerald held the first-ever on-line Ebay auction of the items at the end of November, and says he was...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 31, 2012 | Business, Education, News, Politics & Government
State officials are offering a new incentive to help unemployed Iowans get a new resume booster. Iowa Workforce Development director Teresa Wahlert says the state will pay for unemployed Iowans who want to take the “National Career Readiness Certification”...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 28, 2012 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
Governor Terry Branstad today announced a new streamlined process for felons to get their voting rights back. Governor Branstad in 2011 nullified an executive order that former Governor Tom Vilsack put in place in 2005 that automatically restored voting rights to...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 28, 2012 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
Virtually all of Iowa is under a blanket of white after two snowstorms in a little over a week, much to the delight of snowmobilers. Cass County Recorder Joyce Jensen says the state has made some changes in snowmobile registration, license renewal and titling. Jensen...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 28, 2012 | Human Interest, News, Politics & Government
Several Iowans have been watching with concern as the leader of the Russian government signed a bill that halts all U.S. adoptions of children from the country. Lowell Highby of Nevada adopted a Russian son in 2009 and had sought to adopt a girl too. The decision that...