by Matt Kelley | Jan 30, 2013 | Health & Medicine, News, Recreation / Entertainment, Top Story
Six more Iowa cities with populations above 10,000 people have been selected as Blue Zones demonstration sites. The project is part of Governor Branstad’s initiative to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation by 2016. Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner says...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 30, 2013 | Education, News, Politics & Government, Top Story
The Iowa Senate has passed three bills which would increase school budgets by tens of millions of dollars and provide about $55 million in property tax relief. One of the bills would increase general state taxpayer support of K-12 public schools by $240 per student....
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 30, 2013 | News, Politics & Government
The northeast Iowa congressman considering a 2014 campaign for the U.S. Senate seat Tom Harkin now holds met privately with Democrats in the Iowa House and Senate today. Congressman Bruce Braley of Waterloo said the meetings are part of his decision-making process....
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 30, 2013 | News, Politics & Government
The governor’s budget director “laid down and passed out” this morning and has been taken to the hospital. Iowa Department of Management director Dave Roederer is said to be “alert and in good spirits,” according to a spokesman for the...
by Todd Kimm | Jan 30, 2013 | INS Player of the Week, Sports
The senior averaged 15 points, five rebounds, four assists and nearly three steals in two victories for the Rams. Ingle scored 23 points, including three of four from three point range, added four rebounds five assists and two steals in a win over Ankeny.