by Dar Danielson | Feb 1, 2013 | Education, News
The state Board of Education approved a change Thursday to increase the fee charged to inspect school buses. Department deputy director, Jeff Berger, says the fee will go from $28 to $40. “So per bus it’s an additional 12 dollars, and most districts are...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 1, 2013 | Business, News
Gasoline prices have taken giant leaps in Iowa lately, rising more than 20 cents a gallon in some cities this week and nearly 40 cents a gallon in the past month. Gail Weinholzer, spokeswoman for AAA-Iowa, says there are two primary reasons for the price hikes....
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 1, 2013 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Senator Tom Harkin says he does not yet know how he’ll spend the $3 million in his campaign fund. Harkin announced last Saturday that he would not run for reelection and today Harkin was asked during taping of an Iowa Public Television program what he’ll...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 1, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government, Top Story
A group of advocates for teenagers who’ve been sexually exploited is pushing for tougher penalties for the possession of child pornography. Terri Bailey is a counselor who works with runaways and kids in the foster care system who’ve been exploited by...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 1, 2013 | Business, Crime & Courts, News
The Iowa Supreme Court has issued a ruling that has an impact on water and railroads. In the spring of 2007 Union Pacific workers noticed a hole in the roadbed under their tracks in Hardin County and filled the hole with rock. The railroad did not know the hole was...